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Occupation, marriage and disease-specific mortality concordance
1Psychology Division, School of Natural Sciences, Hatfield Polytechnic, Hertfordshire, England.
Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|January 1, 1988
Summary
Married women
Area of Science:
- Occupational health and epidemiology
- Sociology of health
- Public health research
Background:
- Understanding factors influencing mortality and life expectancy is crucial for public health.
- Previous research has explored occupational risks and their impact on individual health outcomes.
- The potential influence of spousal occupation on an individual's mortality has not been extensively studied.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between husbands' occupational mortality risks and their wives' mortality statistics.
- To determine if this association persists after controlling for socioeconomic factors and statistical outliers.
- To explore potential mechanisms of risk transmission between marital partners.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of mortality statistics for over 500 occupations across various causes of death.
- Statistical control for social class and exclusion of outlier data.
- Partial correlation analysis to isolate the relationship between specific causes of death.
Main Results:
- A significant association was found between husbands' occupational mortality risks and their wives' life expectancy and causes of death.
- This association remained robust even when controlling for social class and excluding outliers.
- The study identified specific occupational risks that appear to be transmitted between spouses.
Conclusions:
- Occupational mortality risks can extend beyond the individual worker to their spouse.
- Psychological mechanisms may play a role in the transmission of occupational health risks within marriage.
- Findings highlight the interconnectedness of health within marital partnerships and suggest broader public health implications.
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