Intergenerational educational trajectories and premature mortality from chronic diseases: A registry population-based study.

ABSTRACT: The tracking of educational gradients in mortality across generations could create a long shadow of social inequality, but it remains understudied. We aimed to assess whether intergenerational educational trajectories shape inequalities in early premature mortality from chronic diseases. The study included 544 743 participants of the Swiss National Cohort, a registry population-based study. Individuals were born 1971-1980 and aged 10-19 at the start of the study (1990). Mortality follow-up was until 2018. Educational trajectories were High-High (reference), High-Low, Low-High, Low-Low, corresponding to the sequence of parental-individual attained education. Examined deaths were related to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancers, and substance use. Sex-specific inequalities in mortality were

SUBMITTER: Anker D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature