Alain Gagnon|Marc Adélard Tremblay|Hélène Vézina|Jamie A. Seabrook
Once were farmers: Occupation, social mobility, and mortality during industrialization in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec 1840–1971
Western University|Université du Québec à Chicoutimi|Université du Québec à Chicoutimi|Children’s Health Research Institute|Western University
study mens adult mortality longevity sociooccupational status industrialization saguenaylacsaintjean quebec data extracted balsac database universit du qubec chicoutimi comprehensively traces demographic history region since beginning french canadian settlement 1840 early 1970s using five occupational classes controlling year age marriage urbanrural residence literacy found evidence emergence socioeconomic gradient mortality least early 1970s mortality region lowest farmers appears driven occupational risk rather fundamental social causes