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Catalano, Ralph A.Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
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Collective Optimism and Selection Against Male Twins in Utero
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2020-01-27
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Cambridge University Press (CUP),2020
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-412301
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412301URI
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https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2020.2DOI
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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.
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Goldman-Mellor, SidraUniv Calif Merced, Dept Publ Hlth, Merced, CA 95343 USA.
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Karasek, Deborah A.Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.
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Gemmill, AlisonJohns Hopkins Univ, Dept Populat Family & Reprod Hlth, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
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Casey, Joan A.Columbia Univ, Dept Environm Sci, New York, NY 10032 USA.
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Elser, HollyStanford Univ, Dept Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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Bruckner, Tim A.Univ Calif Irvine, Program Publ Hlth, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
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Hartig, Terry,1959-Uppsala universitet,Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning (IBF)(Swepub:uu)terrhart
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Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.Univ Calif Merced, Dept Publ Hlth, Merced, CA 95343 USA.
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Ingår i:Twin Research and Human Genetics: Cambridge University Press (CUP)23:1, s. 45-501832-42741839-2628
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