Did the Urban Mortality Penalty Disappear? Revisiting the Early Twentieth Century’s Urban-Rural Mortality Convergence

Sociology, 1156 Social Science Building, 267 19 Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (email: ewf@umn.edu). Support for this work was provided by the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (P2C HD041023) and the FeslerLampert Chair in Aging Studies at the University of Minnesota. Did the Urban Mortality Penalty Disappear? Revisiting the Early Twentieth Century’s Urban-Rural Mortality Convergence