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Christopher Wildeman1, Signe Hald Andersen, Hedwig Lee
1Christopher Wildeman is with the Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Signe Hald Andersen is with the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit, Copenhagen, Denmark. Hedwig Lee is with the Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. Kristian Bernt Karlson is with SFI (The Danish National Centre for Social Research) and the Department of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen.
American Journal of Public Health
|January 18, 2014
Summary
Parental incarceration is linked to child mortality risk, with effects varying by the parent
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Criminology
Background:
- Parental incarceration is a significant adverse childhood experience.
- Understanding its impact on child mortality is crucial for public health interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between parental incarceration and child mortality risk in Denmark.
- To explore potential gender-specific differences in this association.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Danish registry data for children born in 1991.
- Employed discrete-time survival analysis for boys and girls separately.
- Controlled for parental sociodemographic factors.
Main Results:
- Paternal and maternal incarceration associated with increased mortality risk in male children.
- Paternal incarceration linked to decreased mortality risk in female children.
- Maternal incarceration showed no clear association with female child mortality.
Conclusions:
- Parental incarceration can influence child mortality, with notable gender-specific patterns.
- The gender of both the child and the incarcerated parent is a critical factor.
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