Once were farmers: Occupation, social mobility, and mortality during industrialization in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec 1840–1971

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• 作者：Alain Gagnon^a ; ¹ ; ^{agagnon4@uwo.ca"" rel=""nofollow} ; Marc Tremblay^b ; Hé ; lè ; ne Vé ; zina^b ; Jamie A. Seabrook^c
• 关键词：Mortality ; Longevity ; Occupation ; Fundamental social causes ; Event history analysis ; Industrialization ; Canada
• 刊名：Explorations in Economic History
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：July 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：48
• 期：3
• 页码：429-440
• 全文大小：312 K

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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 (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.