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- Title
Parental Incarceration and Child Mortality in Denmark.
- Authors
Wildeman, Christopher; Andersen, Signe Hald; Lee, Hedwig; Karlson, Kristian Bernt
- Abstract
Objectives. We used Danish registry data to examine the association between parental incarceration and child mortality risk. Methods. We used a sample of all Danish children born in 1991 linked with parental information. We conducted discrete-time survival analysis separately for boys (n = 30 146) and girls (n = 28 702) to estimate the association of paternal and maternal incarceration with child mortality, controlling for parental sociodemographic characteristics. We followed the children until age 20 years or death, whichever came first. Results. Results indicated a positive association between paternal and maternal imprisonment and male child mortality. Paternal imprisonment was associated with lower child mortality risks for girls. The relationship between maternal imprisonment and female child mortality changed directions depending on the model, suggesting no clear association. Conclusions. These results indicate that the incarceration of a parent may influence child mortality but that it is important to consider the gender of both the child and the incarcerated parent.
- Subjects
DENMARK; HISTORY of criminals; CHILD mortality; STATISTICAL correlation; RESEARCH methodology; PARENTS; SEX distribution; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); TIME; PREDICTIVE validity; RETROSPECTIVE studies; STATISTICAL models; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 3, p428
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2013.301590