title: Age-specific mortality and short-term changes in the standard of living:  Sweden, 1751-1859.
abstract: "The response of mortality to short-term changes in real wages is analyzed here not just in its own right but more particularly as an indicator of long-term shifts in the general standard of living.  It is hypothesized that the response would have been stronger the lower the standard of living.  The relationship between age-specific mortality levels and real-wage series for Sweden 1751-1860 is analyzed using a distributed-lag model and spectral analysis.  The results suggest a real shift in the material standard of living during the period."  (summary in FRE)
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bengtsson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohlsson
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D007182:Income; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012942:Social Sciences; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Historical Demography; Historical Survey; Income; Mortality; Northern Europe; Population; Population Dynamics; Scandinavia; Social Sciences; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Sweden