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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Males’ Later-Life Mortality Consequences of Coresidence With Paternal Grandparents: Evidence From Northeast China, 1789–1909
Contributor:
Zang, Emma;
Campbell, Cameron
Published:
Duke University Press, 2018
Published in:
Demography, 55 (2018) 2, Seite 435-457
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/s13524-018-0653-z
ISSN:
0070-3370;
1533-7790
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Abstract In this study, we investigate the effect of early-life coresidence with paternal grandparents on male mortality risks in adulthood and older age in northeast China from 1789 to 1909. Despite growing interest in the influence of grandparents on child outcomes, few studies have examined the effect of coresidence with grandparents in early life on mortality in later life. We find that coresidence with paternal grandmothers in childhood is associated with higher mortality risks for males in adulthood. This may reflect the long-term effects of conflicts between mothers and their mothers-in-law. These results suggest that in extended families, patterns of coresidence in childhood may have long-term consequences for mortality, above and beyond the effects of common environmental and genetic factors, even when effects on childhood mortality are not readily apparent.