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Spousal survival Advantage by Marrying into Longevity Enriched families (SAME)

Description: In this project I will investigate how partnership into healthy aging long-lived families affects (inter)generational health and survival. Partners may exhibit similarities in health through various mechanisms, such as exchanging resources and behavior or through a like-seeking-like principle. However, these mechanisms remain speculative and have not been fully tested. By jointly studying family networks, socioeconomic, genomic and behavioral data in cohort studies and nationwide-registers, I can distinguish the different mechanisms, study lifecourses and intergenerational effects, and distinguish cause and effect. This project improves the mechanistic understanding of how resources and behavior are exchanged between partners and influence multigenerational health outcomes.

Funder: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Funding type: fellowship

Funder scheme: NWO-Talentprogramma Veni SGW 2024 - Sociale Wetenschappen

Start date: 2026-01-05

Investigator: Niels Berg

Institution: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

Topic: Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Funded outputs count: 0

Funder award ID: VI.Veni.241S.034

OpenAlex ID: G3699600282