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Impact of Age on “Women and Children First” Norm During Disasters
In the previous post, In Life and Death Situations Does the Norm “Women and Children First” Hold?, I summarized research indicating women do not have a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters. After reading the study I began to … Continue reading
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In Life and Death Situations Does the Norm “Women and Children First” Hold?
Conventional wisdom suggests that during disasters women and children should have a survival advantage over men due to the social norm, “women and children first.” Elinder and Erixson (2012) test whether women have a survival advantage over men in disasters through … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster, logistic regression, Lusitania, mortality, social norms, Titanic, women and children first
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