Morbidity among working class men andwomen in early twentieth century Sweden

• This paper investigates gendered morbidity patterns by employing micro data derived from sicknessrecords and membership ledgers on working class men and women in the early 20th century Sweden.We find that the main reason for gendered morbidity differences - that woman faced fewer, butlonger sickness episodes than men – reflects gendered productive and reproductive activities. Mensuffered from the large number of work-place accidents as workers in the production sector, whilewomen faced major risks due to pregnancy, childbearing and related sickness. Women also sufferedmore from for diseases of the blood, diseases of the digestive & metabolic system and diseases thegenitourinary than men. Both men and women faced shorter, but longer, sickness episodes in urbanareas attributed to the underlying differences in morbidity causes during the epidemiologicaltransition.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Social insurance

Health insurance; Accident insurance; Self-insurance; workplace accident; mutual aid; employers’ welfare.

Economic History

ekonomisk historia

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