Reproduction of inequality through linked lives (RELINK53)
RELINK aimed to investigate how social, economic and health-related inequalities are reproduced intergenerationally and how siblings or friends can affect this reproduction. RELINK53 included all individuals born in 1953 who lived in Sweden in 1960, 1965, and/or 1968. At baseline in 2017, over 2 million participants were included in the study. Their friends and family members, including parents, siblings and offspring, were also included in the study. Participants were followed up continuously through the linkage of multiple administrative registries until 2023.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
2,390,753 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Individuals born in 1953 in Sweden.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017 (RELINK53)
1952 (Administrative registry data)
Primary Institutions
Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet)
Links
su.se/english/research/research-projects/reproduction-of-inequality-through-linked-lives-relink
su.se/stockholm-birth-cohort-multigenerational-study/about-the-study/relink53-1.615375
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv, hälsa och välfärd, FORTE)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
- Police & judicial system data
- Social care data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
