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Collective Optimism...
Collective Optimism and Selection Against Male Twins in Utero
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- Catalano, Ralph A. (författare)
- Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
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- Goldman-Mellor, Sidra (författare)
- Univ Calif Merced, Dept Publ Hlth, Merced, CA 95343 USA.
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- Karasek, Deborah A. (författare)
- Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.
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- Gemmill, Alison (författare)
- Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Populat Family & Reprod Hlth, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
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- Casey, Joan A. (författare)
- Columbia Univ, Dept Environm Sci, New York, NY 10032 USA.
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- Elser, Holly (författare)
- Stanford Univ, Dept Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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- Bruckner, Tim A. (författare)
- Univ Calif Irvine, Program Publ Hlth, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
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- Hartig, Terry, 1959- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning (IBF)
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Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Univ Calif Merced, Dept Publ Hlth, Merced, CA 95343 USA. (creator_code:org_t)
- 2020-01-27
- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Twin Research and Human Genetics. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1832-4274 .- 1839-2628. ; 23:1, s. 45-50
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Abstract
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- Scholarly literature claims that health declines in populations when optimism about investing in the future wanes. This claim leads us to describe collective optimism as a predictor of selection in utero. Based on the literature, we argue that the incidence of suicide gauges collective optimism in a population and therefore willingness to invest in the future. Using monthly data from Sweden for the years 1973-2016, we test the hypothesis that the incidence of suicide among women of child-bearing age correlates inversely with male twin births, an indicator of biological investment in high-risk gestations. We find that, as predicted by our theory, the incidence of suicide at month t varies inversely with the ratio of twin to singleton male births at month t + 3. Our results illustrate the likely sensitivity of selection in utero to change in the social environment and so the potential for viewing collective optimism as a component of public health infrastructure.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Suicide
- twins
- collective optimism
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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