Beyond smoking: Education, marital status and mortality in 513,552 Norwegians
<b>An educational gradient in mortality persists in the absence of smoking and is more pronounced among the unmarried. Marital status appears to modify the relationship between education and mortality, underscoring the need to consider social and relational factors in health inequality research.</b>
Authors
- Dag S. Thelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4417-5967)
- Aage Tverdal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2909-5678)
- Randi Selmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8331-6363)
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948251391598
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00