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Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel)

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Family

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Pekka Martikainen, Mine Kühn, Philipp Dierker

Family is the key social institution that shapes individual life course processes and protects from, moderates, or exacerbates the health effects of life course events and structural shocks. In this project, we study Nordic data in order to better understand the relationship between family and health.  Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Family Behavior, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Intergenerational Relationships, Life Course

Region keywords:

Finland

Publications

Dierker, P.; Kühn, M.; Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Myrskylä, M.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-014. (2025)    
Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Nisén, J.; Metsä-Simola, N.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-010. (2025)    
Hu, Y.; Metsä-Simola, N.; Malmberg, S.; Martikainen, P.:
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 78:5, 277–283. (2024)
Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Moustgaard, H.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:
Social Science and Medicine 361:117356, 1–12. (2024)    
Metsä-Simola, N.; Baranowska-Rataj, A.; Remes, H.; Kühn, M.; Martikainen, P.:
Population Studies 78:3, 503–523. (2024)    
Oberndorfer, M.; Luukkonen, J.; Remes, H. M.; Waldhör, T.; Burgos Ochoa, L.; Rado, M.; Been, J. V.; Paixao, E. S.; Falcão, I. R.; Martikainen, P.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-039. (2024)    
Tarkiainen, L.; Kemppainen, T.; Lahtinen, H.; Bernelius, V.; Martikainen, P.:
European Sociological Review 40:3, 403–416. (2024)    
Bishop, L.; Almquist, Y. B.; Pitkänen, J.; Martikainen, P.:
Advances in Life Course Research 57:100561, 1–12. (2023)    
Liu, C.; Grotta, A.; Hiyoshi, A.; Berg, L.; Wall-Wieler, E.; Martikainen, P.; Kawachi, I.; Rostila, M.:
eClinicalMedicine 60:102032, 1–11. (2023)    
Silventoinen, K.; Luukkonen, J.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:
Pediatric Research 94:6, 2105–2114. (2023)    
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