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This study tests five hypotheses concerning trends in gender differences in accidents mortality and accident-related behavior, using data for the US, UK, France, Italy, and Japan, 1950-98.
As predicted by the Convergence Hypothesis, gender differences have decreased for amount of driving, motor vehicle accidents mortality, and occupational accidents mortality. However, for many types of accidents mortality, gender differences were stable or increased; these trends often resulted from the differential impact on male and female mortality of general societal trends such as increased illicit drug use or improved health care. Similarly, trends in gender differences in accident-related behavior have shown substantial variation and appear to have been influenced by multiple factors, including gender differences in rates of adoption of different types of innovations. Author's affiliation
Ingrid Waldron
University of Pennsylvania, United States of America
Christopher McCloskey
University of Pennsylvania, United States of America
Inga Earle
University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Keywords
accidents, convergence, diffusion of innovations, Europe, gender, gender differences, Japan, mortality, sex differences, unintentional injuries, USA Word count (Main text)
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