Changes in income in the years before death: a record linkage study in Stockholm County

The median percentage change in income among all decedents was 4.8%, while median equivalised household income rose by 8% in the Swedish population as a whole, and between 0% and 3% in those aged >65 years over the same time period (depending on age and household composition). Protection against...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2007-05, Vol.61 (5), p.447-448
Main Authors: Hanratty, Barbara, Burström, Bo, Walander, Anders, Whitehead, Margaret
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Bereavement
Biological and medical sciences
Confidence intervals
Cost of Illness
Data Collection
Death
Death & dying
Diseases
Economic models
Family income
Female
General aspects
Household income
Households
Humans
Income
Income inequality
Income taxes
Life
Male
Median income
Medical sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Population
Public assistance programs
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Registries
Research Report
RESEARCH REPORTS
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Studies
Sweden - epidemiology
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Summary:The median percentage change in income among all decedents was 4.8%, while median equivalised household income rose by 8% in the Swedish population as a whole, and between 0% and 3% in those aged >65 years over the same time period (depending on age and household composition). Protection against the financial effects of illness is a core aim of income maintenance policies in most welfare states. 5 Although Sweden has narrow income gaps and a comprehensive welfare system compared with many other European countries, the value of this analysis is in identifying the sections of society that are most vulnerable to such fiscal and welfare policies at the end of life.
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2005.042994