Paediatrics Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2011
Journal
Explorations in Economic History
Volume
48
Issue
3
First Page
429
Last Page
440
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1016/j.eeh.2011.05.008
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. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.