Once were farmers: Occupation, social mobility, and mortality during industrialization in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec 1840–1971 |
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| Authors: | Alain Gagnon,Marc Tremblay,Hé lè ne Vé zina,Jamie A. Seabrook |
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| Affiliation: | aPopulation Studies Centre, Department of Sociology and Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, Canada;bInterdisciplinary Research Group on Demography and Genetic Epidemiology, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada;cDepartment of Sociology and Department of Pediatrics, Children's Health Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | 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 (Université du Québec à 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. |
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| Keywords: | JEL classification: I14 I15 N31 N32 N51 N52 |
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