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EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 429-440Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2011.05.008
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Mortality; Longevity; Occupation; Fundamental social causes; Event history analysis; Industrialization; Canada
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We study men's adult mortality and longevity by socio-occupational status during industrialization in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Data were extracted from the BALSAC database (Universite du Quebec A Chicoutimi), which comprehensively traces the demographic history of the region since the beginning of the French Canadian settlement in 1840 up to the early 1970s. Using five occupational classes and controlling for year, age at marriage, urban/rural residence, and literacy, we found no evidence for the emergence of a socioeconomic gradient in mortality. At least until the early 1970s, mortality in the region is the lowest for farmers and appears to be driven by occupational risk rather than fundamental social causes. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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