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Time Does Not Heal All Wounds: Mortality Following the Death of a Parent.
- Source :
- Journal of Marriage & Family; Feb2011, Vol. 73 Issue 1, p236-249, 14p, 7 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- People linked through social ties are known to have interdependent health. Our aim was to investigate such collateral health effects in the context of offspring mortality after a parent's death in children aged 10-59 years. The data (N = 3,753,368) were from a linked-registers database that contains the total Swedish population. In minor children, we found elevations in mortality risks associated with a parent's death. Adult offspring experienced a reduced mortality risk recently after a parent's death, which over time approached, and in some instances even exceeded, that of the general population. Mother's death tended to have a stronger influence than father's death, unnatural parental deaths had a stronger effect than natural ones, and male offspring were more vulnerable than female offspring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222445
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Marriage & Family
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 57242168
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00801.x