SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Longitudinal Study, Lorenz Curve, Whitehall Study
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Finnish study: longitudinal over 5 years. Longitudinal cross- sectional study: studied people who weren"t sick and became widowed, confirmed widowhood effect. High unrelenting levels of stress. If there was no inequality or poor people, 40000 lives would be saved. Infant deaths tells you if something"s going wrong in societies: child"s well- being = lower income inequality. In unequal societies, infantile mortality is high. Slope of 1 in graph would mean income inequality = mortality. But there are other factors involved otherwise all countries would be on the line (of best fit) Fewer infant deaths than predicted despite high inequality meaning there are other variables. Has a closely governed society, looks after kids, lot of support, very institutionalized: singapore, us. More infant deaths, lower income inequality: singapore and us are outliers. Income inequality is not the only factor; there are others that must be taken into account.
