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Life-Course Transitions in Rural Residence and Old-Age Mortality in Iowa, 1930–2014

Evan Roberts, Wendy Rahn, DeAnn Lazovich
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2022, 8 (4) 106-124; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.05
Evan Roberts
aAssistant professor of sociology and population studies at the University of Minnesota, United States
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Wendy Rahn
bEmeritus professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, United States
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DeAnn Lazovich
cEmeritus associate professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota, United States
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    Ever-Smoking Rates by Migration Status

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    Survival Curve for Women Originating in Urban Areas of any Size (> 2,500 Population)

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    Survival Curve for Women Originating in Rural Areas

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    Association of Migration Patterns with Mortality Risk After Age Fifty-Five

    Source: Authors’ tabulations from IWHS linked to 1930 federal census (Ruggles, Fitch, et al. 2021).

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 8 (4)
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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Evan Roberts, Wendy Rahn, DeAnn Lazovich
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2022, 8 (4) 106-124; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.05

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2022, 8 (4) 106-124; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.05
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