Tag Archives: Mortality

Poulin, M. J., Brown, S. L., Dillard, A. J., &Smith, D. M. (2013). Giving to others and the association between stress and mortality. American

Objectives. We sought to test the hypothesis that providing help to others predicts a reduced association between stress and mortality.   Methods. We examined data from participants (n = 846) in a study in the Detroit, Michigan, area. Participants completed baseline interviews that assessed past-year stressful events and whether the participant had provided tangible assistance to friends …

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Gardner, J., &Oswald, A. (2004). How is mortality affected by money, marriage, and stress?. Journal of health economics, 23(6), 1181-1207.

It is believed that the length of a person’s life depends on a mixture of economic and social factors. Yet the relative importance of these is still debated. We provide recent British evidence that marriage has a strong positive effect on longevity. Economics matters less. After controlling for health at the start of the 1990s, …

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