peer reviewedEpidemiologists and demographers have long suspected that childhood experiences affect mortality at later ages, but it has been very difficult to separate the persistent effects of early life conditions from other determinants of health. Individuals raised in poor families are more likely to be economically deprived in adulthood, and poor health can cause lower socio-economic achievement. We use life histories from a 19th century community to identify the long-term effects of deprivation in childhood. Heights derived from military conscription examinations provide a summary measure of childhood experiences of nutrition and disease. We find a complex pattern of relationships between wealth, height, marriage, and mortality across...
Like many industrialized countries, Canada is experiencing significant population aging and this phe...
In recent years, economic and social historians have made increasing use of anthropometric records (...
'Während der letzten Jahrzehnte ist der Lebensweg als Annäherung zu menschlichem Überleben ein zentr...
Les épidémiologistes et les démographes ont pendant longtemps suspecté les conditions de vie et de m...
peer reviewedWorld population is ageing. This phenomenon is unprecedented, universal, long-lasting a...
The close relationship between early childhood conditions and health and mortality outcomes in old a...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height s...
Increasingly, bio-demographers are turning to infancy and childhood to gain a better understanding o...
This study examines the effect of early life conditions on adult mortality. The individual, househol...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
This study investigates the role of childhood conditions and societal context in older Europeans’ pr...
We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height s...
Like many industrialized countries, Canada is experiencing significant population aging and this phe...
In recent years, economic and social historians have made increasing use of anthropometric records (...
'Während der letzten Jahrzehnte ist der Lebensweg als Annäherung zu menschlichem Überleben ein zentr...
Les épidémiologistes et les démographes ont pendant longtemps suspecté les conditions de vie et de m...
peer reviewedWorld population is ageing. This phenomenon is unprecedented, universal, long-lasting a...
The close relationship between early childhood conditions and health and mortality outcomes in old a...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height s...
Increasingly, bio-demographers are turning to infancy and childhood to gain a better understanding o...
This study examines the effect of early life conditions on adult mortality. The individual, househol...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
Does adult stature capture conditions at birth or at some other stage in the growth cycle? Anthropom...
This study investigates the role of childhood conditions and societal context in older Europeans’ pr...
We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height s...
Like many industrialized countries, Canada is experiencing significant population aging and this phe...
In recent years, economic and social historians have made increasing use of anthropometric records (...
'Während der letzten Jahrzehnte ist der Lebensweg als Annäherung zu menschlichem Überleben ein zentr...