Øystein Kravdal

Professor Emeritus

Background

I was professor of demography at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, from 1994 to 2022. In the last years of that period, I had a part-time position at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. I have had a full-time position there since 2022, as principal investigator at the Centre for Fertility and Health. I was one of the researchers who took the initiative to establish this centre, which has Centre of Excellence funding from the Norwegian Research Council.

My research has dealt with the interrelationships between family/fertility, socioeconomic resources and health/mortality. Most of the analysis has been based on Norwegian register data, but I have also used survey data from rich or poor countries.

I have taken a particular interest in the application of relatively advanced statistical methods in demography (such as multilevel-multiprocess models) and have also written papers that are more theoretically oriented. Several of the papers have been published in major demography journals, and I have also written papers that have appeared in journals of epidemiology, cancer research, or sociology.

I was co-editor of Population Studies from 2004 to 2013.

Tags: Demography, Economy

Publications

  • Christiansen, Solveig Tobie Glestad & Kravdal, Øystein (2023). Number of children and disability pension due to mental and musculoskeletal disorders: A longitudinal register-based study in Norway. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. 77(2), p. 335–346. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2023.2195847. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Syse, Astri; Dang, Thang Dinh; Baranowska-Rataj, Anna & Hart, Rannveig Kaldager (2023). Mental Health Penalties of Childbearing in a Family Friendly Welfare State. OSF Preprints. doi: 10.31235/osf.io/9v6h8..
  • Christiansen, Solveig Tobie Glestad & Kravdal, Øystein (2023). Union Status and Disability Pension. European Journal of Population. ISSN 0168-6577. 39. doi: 10.1007/s10680-023-09670-7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Wörn, Jonathan (2023). Mental and Physical Health Trajectories of Norwegian Parents and Children before and after Union Dissolution. Population and Development Review. ISSN 0098-7921. 49(1), p. 71–103. doi: 10.1111/padr.12530. Full text in Research Archive
  • Evensen, Miriam; Klitkou, Søren Toksvig; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen; Juliusson, Pétur Benedikt & Kravdal, Øystein (2023). Parental income gradients in child and adolescent mortality: Norwegian trends over half a century. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. doi: 10.1177/14034948231151990. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aradhya, Siddartha; Tegunimataka, Anna; Kravdal, Øystein; Martikainen, Pekka; Myrskylä, Mikko & Barclay, Kieron [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Maternal age and the risk of low birthweight and pre-term delivery: A pan-Nordic comparison. International Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0300-5771. 52(1), p. 156–164. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac211. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Wörn, Jonathan & Reme, Bjørn-Atle (2022). Mental health benefits of cohabitation and marriage: A longitudinal analysis of Norwegian register data. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2022.2063933. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigle, Wendy & Kravdal, Øystein (2021). With age comes ...? An examination of gendered differences in the resource advantages associated with parental age in Norway. Comparative population studies. ISSN 1869-8980. 46, p. 363–386. doi: 10.12765/CPoS-2021-13. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2021). Sex Differences in Childlessness in Norway: Identification of Underlying Demographic Drivers. European Journal of Population. ISSN 0168-6577. 37, p. 1023–1041. doi: 10.1007/s10680-021-09590-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Magnus, Per; Moum, Bjørn & Høivik, Marte Lie (2020). Association of Childbearing with a Short-Term Reduced Risk of Crohn Disease in Mothers. American Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0002-9262. 189(4), p. 294–304. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz285. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2020). Effects of previous birth interval length on child outcomes can be estimated in a sibling analysis even when there are only two siblings. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. ISSN 0269-5022. p. 1–9. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12732. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2020). Are sibling models a suitable tool in analyses of how reproductive factors affect child mortality? Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 42(28), p. 777–798. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.28. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goisis, Alice; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Hanevik, Hans Ivar; Magnus, Maria Christine & Kravdal, Øystein (2020). The demographics of assisted reproductive technology births in a Nordic country. Human Reproduction. ISSN 0268-1161. 35(6), p. 1441–1450. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa055. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Magnus, Per; Moum, Bjørn & Høivik, Marte Lie (2020). Childbearing is Associated with a Short-term Reduced Risk of Crohn’s Disease in Mothers . American Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0002-9262. 189(4), p. 294–304. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz285. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Tverdal, Aage & Grundy, Emily (2020). The association between parity, CVD mortality and CVD risk factors among Norwegian women and men. European Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1101-1262. 30(6), p. 1133–1139. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz235. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2019). Taking birth year into account when analysing effects of maternal age on child health and other outcomes: The value of a multilevel-multiprocess model compared to a sibling model. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 40, p. 1249–1290. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.43. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Grundy, Emily (2019). Children’s age at parental divorce and depression in early and mid-adulthood. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. 73(1), p. 37–56. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2018.1549747. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2019). Research note: What kind of individual-level effects of childbearing would we ideally be interested in learning about? The important distinction between expected, unexpected, varying and general effects. Journal of Population Research. ISSN 1443-2447. 36(1), p. 1–12. doi: 10.1007/s12546-018-9218-7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bævre, Kåre; Kravdal, Øystein & Christiansen, Solveig Tobie Glestad (2018). Befolkningen i Norge. In Grøholt, Else Karin; Bøhler, Linn & Hånes, Hanna (Ed.), Folkehelserapporten - Helsetilstanden i Norge. Folkehelseinstituttet.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2018). New evidence about effects of reproductive variables on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. 72(2), p. 139–156. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2018.1439180. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily & Keenan, Katherine (2018). The increasing mortality advantage of the married: The role played by education. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 38, p. 471–512. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.20. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2017). Large and Growing Social Inequality in Mortality in Norway: The Combined Importance of Marital Status and Own and Spouse's Education. Population and Development Review. ISSN 0098-7921. 43(4), p. 645–665. doi: 10.1111/padr.12096. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily & Skirbekk, Vegard (2017). Fertility history and use of antidepressant medication in late mid-life: a register-based analysis of Norwegian women and men. Aging & Mental Health. ISSN 1360-7863. 21(5), p. 477–486. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1118010. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Grundy, Emily (2016). Health effects of parental deaths among adults in Norway: Purchases of prescription medicine before and after bereavement. SSM - Population Health. ISSN 2352-8273. 2, p. 868–875. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.10.013. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kinge, Jonas Minet; Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna; Strand, Bjørn Heine & Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Can socioeconomic factors explain geographic variation in overweight in Norway? SSM - Population Health. ISSN 2352-8273. 2, p. 333–340. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.04.010. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Alver, Kari; Bævre, Kåre; Kinge, Jonas Minet; Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan & Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2015). How much of the variation in mortality across Norwegian municipalities is explained by the socio-demographic characteristics of the population? Health and Place. ISSN 1353-8292. 33, p. 148–158. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.013.
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Grundy, Emily (2014). Underuse of medication for circulatory disorders among unmarried women and men in Norway . BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology. ISSN 2050-6511. 15:65. doi: 10.1186/2050-6511-15-65. Full text in Research Archive
  • Grundy, Emily & Kravdal, Øystein (2014). Do short birth intervals have long-term implications for parental health? Results from analyses of complete cohort Norwegian register data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ISSN 0143-005X. 68(10), p. 958–964. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204191.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The Estimation of Fertility Effects on Happiness: Even More Difficult than Usually Acknowledged. European Journal of Population. ISSN 0168-6577. 30(3), p. 263–290. doi: 10.1007/s10680-013-9310-9.
  • Bævre, Kåre & Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The effects of earlier income variation on mortality: An analysis of Norwegian register data. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. 68(1), p. 81–94. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2013.824603.
  • Sigle-Rushton, Wendy; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; Andersen, Patrick Lie & Kravdal, Øystein (2014). Proceed with caution? Parents' union dissolution and children's educational achievement. Journal of Marriage and Family. ISSN 0022-2445. 76(1), p. 161–174. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12075.
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Kodzi, Ivy & Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2013). Effects of the Number and Age of Siblings on Educational Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in family planning. ISSN 0039-3665. 44(3), p. 275–297. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00358.x.
  • Kodzi, Ivy & Kravdal, Øystein (2013). What has high fertility got to do with the low birth weight problem in Africa? Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 28, p. 713–731. doi: 10.4054/demres.2013.28.25.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). The poorer cancer survival among the unmarried in Norway: Is Much explained by comorbidities? Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 81, p. 42–52. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.012.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2012). Further evidence of community education effects on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 27(22), p. 645–680. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.27.22.
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug (2012). Family Life History and Late Mid-Life Mortality in Norway. Population and Development Review. ISSN 0098-7921. 38(2), p. 237–257. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00491.x.
  • Elstad, Jon Ivar; Torstensrud, Rita; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Kravdal, Øystein (2012). Trends in educational inequalities in mortality, seven types of cancers, Norway 1971-2002. European Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1101-1262. 22(6), p. 771–776. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr181.
  • Syse, Astri; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Kravdal, Øystein (2012). Is mortality after childhood cancer dependent on social or economic resources of parents? A population-based study. International Journal of Cancer. ISSN 0020-7136. 130(8), p. 1870–1878. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26186.
  • Shkolnikov, Vladimir; Andreev, E; Jdanov, D; Jasilonis, D; Kravdal, Øystein & Vågerø, D [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2012). Increasing absolute mortality disparities by education in Finland, Norway and Sweden, 1971-2000. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ISSN 0143-005X. 66(4), p. 372–378. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.104786.
  • Berntsen, Kjersti Norgård & Kravdal, Øystein (2012). The relationship between mortality and time since divorce, widowhood or remarriage in Norway. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 75(12), p. 2267–2274. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.028.
  • Cohen, Joel; Kravdal, Øystein & Keilman, Nico (2011). Childbearing impeded education more than education impeded childbearing among Norwegian women. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 108(29), p. 11830–11835. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1107993108.
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Kodzi, Ivy (2011). Children's stunting in sub-Saharan Africa: Is there an externality effect of high fertility? Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 25, p. 565–594. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.18.
  • Rindfuss, Ronald; Guilkey, David; Morgan, S Philip & Kravdal, Øystein (2010). Child care availability and fertility: Norway. Population and Development Review. ISSN 0098-7921. 36, p. 725–748.
  • Grundy, E & Kravdal, Øystein (2010). Fertility history and cause-specific mortality: A register-based analysis of complete cohorts of Norwegian women and men. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 70(11), p. 1847–1857. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.004.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2010). The importance of community education for individual mortality: a fixed-effects analysis of longitudinal multilevel data on 1.7 million Norwegian women and men. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ISSN 0143-005X. 64(12), p. 1029–1035. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.081034.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2010). Demographers' interest in fertility trends and determinants in developed countries: Is it warranted? Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 22, p. 663–690. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.22.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Mortality effects of average education in current and earlier municipality of residence among internal migrants, net of their own education. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 69(10), p. 1484–1492. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.035.
  • Steele, Fiona; Sigle-Rushton, Wendy & Kravdal, Øystein (2009). CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY DISRUPTION ON CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN NORWAY. Demography. ISSN 0070-3370. 46(3), p. 553–574.
  • Syse, Astri; Tretli, Steinar; Kravdal, Øystein & Kravdal, O (2009). The Impact of Cancer on Spouses' Labor Earnings A Population-Based Study. Cancer. ISSN 0008-543X. 115(S18), p. 4350–4361.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2008). Does income inequality really influence individual mortality? Results from a 'fixed-effects analysis' where constant unobserved municipality characteristics are controlled. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 18.
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Rindfuss, Ron (2008). Changing Relationships between Education and Fertility: A Study of Women and Men Born 1940 to 1964. American Sociological Review. ISSN 0003-1224. 73(5), p. 854–873.
  • Syse, Astri; Tretli, Steinar & Kravdal, Øystein (2008). Cancer’s impact on employment and earnings – a population-based study from Norway. Journal of cancer survivorship. ISSN 1932-2259. 2, p. 149–158. doi: 10.1007/s11764-008-0053-2.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2008). A broader perspective on education and mortality: Are we influenced by other people's education? Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 66. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.009.
  • Grundy, E & Kravdal, Øystein (2008). Reproductive history and mortality in late middle age among Norwegian men and women. American Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0002-9262. 167. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwm295.
  • Rindfuss, Ron; Guilkey, David; Morgan, Phil; Kravdal, Øystein & Guzzo, Karen (2007). Child care availability and first-birth timing in Norway. Demography. ISSN 0070-3370. 44(2), p. 345–372.
  • Syse, Astri & Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Does cancer affect the divorce rate? Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 16, p. 469–492.
  • Syse, A; Kravdal, O; Kravdal, Øystein & Tretli, Steinar (2007). Parenthood after cancer - A population-based study. Psycho-Oncology. ISSN 1057-9249. 16, p. 920–927. doi: 10.1002/pon.1154.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). A fixed-effects multilevel analysis of how community family structure affects individual mortality in Norway. Demography. ISSN 0070-3370. 44.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Effects of current education on second- and third-birth rates among Norwegian women and men born in 1964: Substantive interpretations and methodological issues. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 17, p. 211–246.
  • Derose, LF & Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Educational reversals and first-birth timing in sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic multilevel approach. Demography. ISSN 0070-3370. 44.

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  • Hart, Rannveig Kaldager; Kravdal, Øystein; Dang, Thang Dinh; Syse, Astri & Baranowska-Rataj, Anna (2023). Mental Health Penalties of Childbearing in a Family Friendly Welfare State.
  • Hart, Rannveig Kaldager; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Magnus, Per Minor & Kravdal, Øystein (2023). Hvorfor faller fruktbarheten så dramatisk? . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2023). The Influence of Parental Cancer on the Mental Health of Children and Young Adults.
  • Dregelid, Solrun; Flatø, Martin & Kravdal, Øystein (2023). Helt alene. [Internet]. Nettavisen.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2022). To dager gamle Gabriel er sjelden vare. Fødseltallene faller over hele landet. [Newspaper]. Bergens Tidende.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2022). Enebarn har dårligere helse som voksne. [Internet]. forskning.no.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2022). Single mer utsatt for sykdom. [Newspaper]. Dagbladet.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2022). Response to letter: Sibling models—An underused tool with limitations. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. ISSN 0269-5022. 36(1). doi: 10.1111/ppe.12833.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2021). Response to letter to the editor: Sibling models—An underused tool with limitations . Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. ISSN 0269-5022.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2021). No, it is not too good to be true. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. ISSN 0269-5022. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12799.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2019). Individnivå-konsekvenser av lav fruktbarhet.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2019). The increasing mortality advantage of the married.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2018). Hva betyr barnetall og familiesituasjon for barns helse?
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2018). The increasing mortality advantage of the married.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2018). Children’s Age at Parental Divorce and Depression in Early and Mid-Adulthood.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2018). The growing mortality advantage of the married.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2018). The growing mortality advantage of the married.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Familie og helse.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Expected and unexpected consequences of childbearing - a methodologically and politically important distinction that is overlooked.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Not so Low Fertility in Norway—A Result of Affluence, Liberal Values, Gender-Equality Ideals, and the Welfare State. In Rindfuss, Ronald & Choe, Minja Kim (Ed.), Low Fertility, Institutions, and Their Policies: Variations across Industrialized Countries. Springer. ISSN 978-3-319-32997-0. p. 13–47. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-32997-0.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2015). Fertility history and use of antidepressant medication in late mid-life: a register-based analysis of Norwegian women and men.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2015). How much of the variation in mortality across Norwegian municipalities is explained by the socio-demographic characteristics of the population?.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The relatively high fertility in Norway – a result of affluence, liberal values, gender-equality ideals, and the welfare state .
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The estimation of fertility effects on happiness: Even more difficult than usually acknowledged .
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). The importance of women’s education for fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel perspective.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Norwegian register data: Some experiences to share with other social scientists and epidemiologists.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Some reflections on the four papers on fertility (timing) and gender.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Further evidence of community education effects on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Education in sub-Saharan Africa: A new look at the effects of the number of siblings.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). The importance of women's education for fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel perspective.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2011). The fixed-effects model admittedly no quick fix, but still a step in the right direction and better than the suggested alternative. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ISSN 0143-005X. 65(4), p. 291–292. doi: 10.1136/jech.2010.131078.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Methodological issues in the analysis of the education-fertility relationship.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Sammenhengen mellom barnetall og dødelighet.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2008). The relationship between childbearing and mortality.
  • Bergsvik, Janna; Lappegård, Trude & Kravdal, Øystein (2021). Couples in context: Understanding family dynamics in Norway. Institutt for Sosiologi og Samfunnsgeografi.
  • Hart, Rannveig Kaldager & Kravdal, Øystein (2020). Fallende fruktbarhet i Norge. Hva kan det skyldes og hva kan man gjøre med det hvis det oppfattes som et problem? Folkehelseinstituttet. ISSN 978-82-8406-060-6. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tønnessen, Marianne & Kravdal, Øystein (2017). Demographic consequences of migration. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2016). New evidence about effects of reproductive variables on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Rindfuss, Ron (2007). Changig relationships between education and fertility - a study of women and men born 1940-64. Økonomisk institutt. 2007(11).

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