Laboratory
Population Health
At a Glance
Projects
Publications
Team
Project
Linked Lives: The Importance of the Family for Socioeconomic Attainment, Health, and Mortality
Mikko Myrskylä, Pekka Martikainen, José Carlos Andrade Santacruz, Emma Zai, Philipp Dierker
In this project, we examine how the attributes of an individual’s family members, as well as the demographic events that impact these family members, may affect a range of outcomes for the index person, from educational and socioeconomic attainment to health and mortality. Detailed Description
Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Intergenerational Relationships
Publications
Dierker, P.; Kühn, M.; Van Winkle, Z.:
Journal of Marriage and Family 88:2, 488–504. (2026)
Bassoli, E.; Eibich, P.; Zai, E.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-026. (2025)
Dierker, P.; Kühn, M.; Van Winkle, Z.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-002. (2025)
Mäki, M.; Hägglund, A. E.; Rotkirch, A.; Kulathinal, S.; Myrskylä, M.:
European Journal of Population 41:1, 1–54. (2025)
Andrade Santacruz, J. C.; Gil, J.:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20:13, 1–25. (2023)
Liu, C.; Grotta, A.; Hiyoshi, A.; Berg, L.; Wall-Wieler, E.; Martikainen, P.; Kawachi, I.; Rostila, M.:
eClinicalMedicine 60:102032, 1–11. (2023)
Barclay, K. J.; Conley, D.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-013. (2022)
Barclay, K. J.; Hällsten, M.:
Journal of Marriage and Family 84:1, 141–164. (2022)
Grätz, M.; Barclay, K. J.; Wiborg, Ø.; Lyngstad, T. H.; Karhula, A.; Erola, J.; Präg, P.; Laidley, T.; Conley, D.:
Demography 58:3, 1011–1037. (2021)
Barclay, K. J.; Donrovich Thorén, R.; Hanson, H. A.; Smith, K. R.:
Demography 57:6, 2169–2198. (2020)
Vogt, T. C.; Kluge, F. A.; Lee, R.:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117:37, 22793–22799. (2020)
Barclay, K. J.; Donrovich Thorén, R.; Hanson, H. A.; Smith, K. R.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-010. (2019)
Barclay, K. J.; Hällsten, M.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-008. (2019)
Einiö, E.; Martikainen, P.:
American Journal of Epidemiology 188:1, 110–118. (2019)
Grätz, M.; Barclay, K. J.; Wiborg, Ø.; Lyngstad, T. H.; Karhula, A.; Erola, J.; Präg, P.; Laidley, T.; Conley, D.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-007. (2019)
Torssander, J.; Moustgaard, H.; Peltonen, R.; Kilpi, F.; Martikainen, P.:
SSM-Population Health 4, 271–279. (2018)