Testing a Sociological Explanation for Rising Rates of White Mortality |
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Authors: | Julie A Phillips |
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Institution: | Department of Sociology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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Abstract: | This article is a response to Young's (2016) essay on high white death rates in Kansas. I argue that a focus on external causes would further help researchers theorize about how and why certain behavioral factors link declining white populations to various mortality changes. Additional work that examines changing mortality patterns by sex and race and that extends analyses to the entire nation will provide further tests of Young's thesis. In this context, I encourage researchers to consider how intergenerational comparisons and cohort effects may produce some of the observed patterns. |
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Keywords: | cohort effects public health reference group theory social problems stress suicide white middle‐age mortality |
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