Volume 32 - Article 37 | Pages 1049–1064 
Demographic characteristics of Sardinian centenarian genealogies: Preliminary results of the AKeA2 study
| Date received: | 19 Sep 2014 |
| Date published: | 21 May 2015 |
| Word count: | 2400 |
| Keywords: | AKeA2 survey, centenarians, fertility, infant mortality, longevity, Sardinia |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.37 |
| Updated Items: | On May 30, 2015 a typing mistake on page 1056 was corrected at the authors’ request. |
Abstract
Objective: This article provides an overview of the AKeA2 study, with a particular focus on data collection concerning family genealogies of the Sardinian centenarians and controls, and on the quality of these data. A first analysis of the main characteristics of the survey data is also summarized and selected preliminary results are presented.
Methods: We use descriptive statistics to analyze data collected by the AKeA2 survey on Sardinian centenarians and controls.
Results: Centenarian women have on average fewer children, and at an older age, particularly for their last child. The mothers of centenarians, especially centenarian women, lived longer on average than those of deceased controls and controls born between 1905 and 1910 but still living at the moment of the survey.
Author's Affiliation
Rosa Maria Lipsi - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT), Italy
Graziella Caselli - Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Lucia Pozzi - Università degli Studi di Sassari (UniSS), Italy
Giovannella Baggio - Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD), Italy
Ciriaco Carru - Università degli Studi di Sassari (UniSS), Italy
Claudio Franceschi - Università di Bologna (UNIBO), Italy
James W. Vaupel - Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
Luca Deiana - Università degli Studi di Sassari (UniSS), Italy
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