| Autor: |
Stephen J. Kunitz, Daniel Horowitz |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
SSM: Population Health, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 327-332 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2352-8273 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.04.008 |
| Popis: |
Objective: Two hypotheses were tested: 1. People from privileged backgrounds had better survival than those from less privileged backgrounds. 2. The advantages of privilege were vitiated by fraternity membership. Methods: A 55-year retrospective cohort study of survival since 1960 of 945 graduates of Yale College followed to 2015. Results: The survival of graduates of private secondary schools (the privileged group) did not differ from that of public school graduates. However, graduates of private secondary schools who had not joined a fraternity in college had significantly better survival than private school graduates who had joined fraternities and than public school graduates, whether fraternity members or not. Conclusions: The benefits of a privileged background in respect of survival were undermined by fraternity membership. It is suggested that both self-selection and substance mis-use may have contributed to the survival difference. Keywords: Survival, Mortality, Social status, Fraternities, Alcohol, Social capital |
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