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Maternal longevity is associated with lower infant mortality

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  • Graziella Caselli

    (Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza)

  • Enrica Lapucci

    (Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza)

  • Rosa Maria Lipsi

    (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT))

  • Lucia Pozzi

    (Università degli Studi di Sassari (UniSS))

  • Giovannella Baggio

    (Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD))

  • Ciriaco Carru

    (Università degli Studi di Sassari (UniSS))

  • Luca Deiana

    (Università degli Studi di Sassari (UniSS))

  • Claudio Franceschi

    (Università di Bologna (UNIBO))

  • James W. Vaupel

    (Syddansk Universitet)

Abstract

Objective: Referring to the multidisciplinary and multipurpose survey AKeA2, and focusing on family genealogy data on centenarian women and controls, this paper aims to verify the hypothesis that maternal longevity is associated with lower infant mortality in offspring, after having controlled for fertility characteristics, familial longevity and some contextual variables. Methods: The association between the longevity of a mother and her children's infant mortality level was assessed using a multivariate Poisson Regression Model with robust estimates, which is suitable for estimating consistently and efficiently the relative risk when binary data are used. Results: Our results show an association between longevity and infant mortality among the children of the Sardinians who survived to become centenarians. Infant mortality is significantly lower for children belonging to a mother born and living in Sassari and Oristano than Nuoro, close to each other and both located on the Western coast.

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  • Graziella Caselli & Enrica Lapucci & Rosa Maria Lipsi & Lucia Pozzi & Giovannella Baggio & Ciriaco Carru & Luca Deiana & Claudio Franceschi & James W. Vaupel, 2014. "Maternal longevity is associated with lower infant mortality," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 31(42), pages 1275-1296.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:31:y:2014:i:42
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.42
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    1. Rosa Maria Lipsi & Graziella Caselli & Lucia Pozzi & Giovannella Baggio & Ciriaco Carru & Claudio Franceschi & James W. Vaupel & Luca Deiana, 2015. "Demographic characteristics of Sardinian centenarian genealogies: Preliminary results of the AKeA2 study," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 32(37), pages 1049-1064.
    2. Graziella Caselli & Rosa Maria Lipsi, 2006. "Survival differences among the oldest old in Sardinia: who, what, where, and why?," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 14(13), pages 267-294.
    3. Graziella Caselli & Rosa Maria Lipsi & Enrica Lapucci & James W. Vaupel, 2013. "Exploring Sardinian longevity: women fertility and parental transmission of longevity," Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, vol. 11(1), pages 247-266.
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    Keywords

    longevity; Sardinia; centenarians; infant mortality; AKeA2 survey;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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