Dinges / Weigl Gender-Specific Life Expectancy in Europe 1850–2010

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-515-11275-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 58, 217 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte – Beihefte.

It was not until the 1850s that the average life expectancy in women began to rise noticeably in Germany and Europe. Up to the 1980s it increased in waves. Since then the gender gap has gradually decreased and settled. For decades demographers, historians, medical researchers and health scientists have provided partial explanations for this phenomenon. This volume now presents a comparison of seven Central, Western and Northern European countries spanning one and a half centuries: some of the selected countries took part in both World Wars, others remained neutral; in some countries the rate of smoking varies, others have widely differing female occupation rates. As a result of this comparison, the varying effects of biological and socio-cultural influences on the gender gap and the reversal of this secular trend can be placed with much greater scientific precision than before. The volume also contributes to objectify the public debate on the gender gap and its implications for health policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dinges, Martin

Weigl, Andreas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Introduction - The drifting apart of gender-specific life expectancies in Europe 1850–2010;8
3;Germany and Austria;18
3.1;The impact of biological factors on sex differences in life expectancy: insights gained from a natural experiment;18
3.2;The gender gap in life expectancy in Austria and the change in the working environment (c. 1900–1950);48
3.3;The reduction of the gender gap in life expectancy in Austria since the 1980s: an educational phenomenon?;66
4;Western Europe, Belgium and the Netherlands;74
4.1;Gender specific mortality trends over the epidemiological transition: a view from the British mainland 1850–2000;74
4.2;The evolution of the gender gap in life expectancy in Belgium and the smoking epidemic (1841 to 2013);90
4.3;The mortality gender gap in the Netherlands 1850–2000;112
5;Sweden;132
5.1;Gender-specific life expectancies in Sweden 1810–1980;132
5.2;Changes in the gender gap in life expectancy in Sweden: A cohort analysis with the most recent trends;150
6;Switzerland;168
6.1;Evolution of the gender gap in Switzerland;168
6.2;How do causes of death influence the evolution of the gender gap in life expectancies in Switzerland?;178
7;Conclusions - Gender gap similarities and differences in Europe;188
8;Authors;218

Über Autor(innen)

Dinges, Martin
Martin Dinges ist apl. Professor für Neuere Geschichte an der Universität Mannheim und war bis 2019 stellvertretender Leiter des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Geschlechtergeschichte, Gesundheitsgeschichte der Neuzeit und Geschichte des Medizinischen Pluralismus.