Table of Contents

The Post WWII America and the High Point of Union Participation.- What Unions Do for Workers.- Social and Economic Measures Nationally and by RTW Status.- Social and Economic Differences: RTW and non-RTW States.- Measures of Death.- Early Mortality from Ischemic (Coronary) Heart Disease.- Premature Unspecified Stroke Mortality.- Obesity and Diabetes.- American Child Mortality and Low-Weight Births.- Taking Risks.- Resilience.- Data Sources.- Index.

About the Author

Deborah Wallace, Volunteer Research Scientist, NY State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University, Division of EpidemiologyRodrick Wallace, Research Scientist, NY State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University, Division of Epidemiology