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Title: | Socioeconomic Mortality Differences during the Great Influenza in Spain |
Author: | Basco, Sergi Domènech Feliu, Jordi Rosés, Joan Ramon |
Keywords: | Mortalitat Epidèmia de grip, 1918-1919 Diferències individuals Interacció social Mortality Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Individual differences Social interaction |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2024 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Despite being one of the deadliest viruses in history, there is limited information on the socioeconomic factors that affected mortality rates during the Great Influenza Pandemic. In this study, we use occupation-province level data to investigate the relationship between influenza excess mortality rates and occupation-related status in Spain. We obtain three main results. Firstly, individuals in low-income occupations experienced the highest excess mortality, pointing to a notable income gradient. Secondly, professions that involved more social interaction were associated with a higher excess of mortality, regardless of income. Finally, we observe a substantial rural mortality penalty, even after controlling for income-related occupational groups. Based on this evidence, it seems that the high number of deaths was caused by not self-isolating. Some individuals did not quarantine themselves because they could not afford to miss work. In rural areas, home confinement was likely more limited because their inhabitants did not have immediate access to information about the pandemic or fully understand its impact due to their limited experience handling influenza outbreaks |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101318 |
It is part of: | Economics & Human Biology, 2024, vol. 52 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/207238 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101318 |
ISSN: | 1570-677X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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