Stefan Fors

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About me

I' ve been affiliated with Aging Research Center (ARC) at Karolinska
Institutet since 2004. My background is in Sociology, I received my PhD in
Social Work from Stockholm University in 2010, and since 2016 I'm an
Associate Professor of Public Health. I currently work as a Senior Researcher
at ARC.
* University Diploma, General and Comparative Literature, Stockholm
University.
* BSc, Sociology, Stockholm University.
* PhD, Social Work, Stockholm Univeristy.

Research

As a social scientist working in health research, most of my research concern
how the population health is developing over time, and how health problems
are distributed between different groups in the population.

Articles

Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;52(2):216-224

Adult offspring and their socioeconomic resources for development and survival of stroke: A Swedish and Danish nationwide register-based study.

Jørgensen TSH; Osler M; Fors S; Nilsson CJ; Meyer A; Modig K
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2023;78(8):1412-1422

Cohort Trajectories by Age and Gender for Informal Caregiving in Europe Adjusted for Sociodemographic Changes, 2004 and 2015.

Rodrigues R; Rehnberg J; Simmons C; Ilinca S; Zólyomi E; Vafaei A; Kadi S; Jull J; Phillips SP; Fors S
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;51(6):835-842

Increasing inequalities in disability-free life expectancy among older adults in Sweden 2002-2014.

Sundberg L; Agahi N; Wastesson JW; Fritzell J; Fors S
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2023;78(3):483-495

Why Are Old-Age Disabilities Decreasing in Sweden and Denmark? Evidence on the Contribution of Cognition, Education, and Sensory Functions.

Badache AC; Mäki-Torkko E; Widen S; Fors S
Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2023;21(1):1

Individual and neighborhood risk factors of hospital admission and death during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study.

Bell M; Hergens M-P; Fors S; Tynelius P; de Leon AP; Lager A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(2):e0280961

Inequities in home care use among older Canadian adults: Are they corrected by public funding?

Vafaei A; Rodrigues R; Ilinca S; Fors S; Kadi S; Zolyomi E; Phillips SP
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;51(6):e401-e413

Cohort Profile: The Stockholm Diabetes Prevention Programme (SDPP).

Gudjonsdottir H; Tynelius P; Fors S; Yacamán Méndez D; Gebreslassie M; Zhou M; Carlsson AC; Svefors P; Wändell P; Östenson C-G; Brynedal B; Lager A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(4):1339-1350

Gender differences in access to community-based care: a longitudinal analysis of widowhood and living arrangements.

Ilinca S; Rodrigues R; Fors S; Zólyomi E; Jull J; Rehnberg J; Vafaei A; Phillips S
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(4):1111-1119

Cohort-specific disability trajectories among older women and men in Europe 2004-2017.

Fors S; Illinca S; Jull J; Kadi S; P Phillips S; Rodrigues R; Vafaei A; Zolyomi E; Rehnberg J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(2):161-173

Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality.

Enroth L; Jasilionis D; Németh L; Strand BH; Tanjung I; Sundberg L; Fors S; Jylhä M; Brønnum-Hansen H
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2022;77(5):946-955

Excess Mortality by Individual and Spousal Education for Recent and Long-Term Widowed.

Östergren O; Fors S; Rehnberg J
Article: HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. 2022;30(3):e727-e738

The importance of close next of kin for independent living and readmissions among older Swedish hip fracture patients.

Jørgensen TSH; Meyer AC; Hedström M; Fors S; Modig K
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(3):e054507

Trends in the shape of the income-mortality association in Sweden between 1995 and 2017: a repeated cross-sectional population register study.

Rehnberg J; Östergren O; Fors S; Fritzell J
Article: DEMOGRAPHY. 2021;58(6):2117-2138

Growing Income-Based Inequalities in Old-Age Life Expectancy in Sweden, 2006-2015.

Fors S; Wastesson JW; Morin L
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31(3):467-473

Socioeconomic position and risk of unplanned hospitalization among nursing home residents: a nationwide cohort study.

Allers K; Calderón-Larrañaga A; Fors S; Morin L
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;190(5):817-826

Does Prolonged Education Causally Affect Dementia Risk When Adult Socioeconomic Status Is Not Altered? A Swedish Natural Experiment in 1.3 Million Individuals.

Seblova D; Fischer M; Fors S; Johnell K; Karlsson M; Nilsson T; Svensson AC; Lövdén M; Lager A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;66:645513

Trends in the Social Class Inequalities in Disability and Self-Rated Health: Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys from Finland and Sweden 2001-2018.

Enroth L; Fors S
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2020;9(7):E2294-2294

Sociodemographic Inequalities in Outcomes of a Swedish Nationwide Self-Management Program for Osteoarthritis: Results from 22,741 Patients between Years 2008-2017.

Unevik E; Abbott A; Fors S; Rolfson O
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2020;75(5):974-979

Prevalence and Correlates of Falls Among Centenarians: Results from the Five-Country Oldest Old Project (5-COOP).

Chen T-Y; Chan A; Andersen-Ranberg K; Herr M; Fors S; Jeune B; Herrmann FR; Robine J-M; Gondo Y; Saito Y
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(3):e034296

Use of healthcare services and assistive devices among centenarians: results of the cross-sectional, international5-COOP study.

Dupraz J; Andersen-Ranberg K; Fors S; Herr M; Herrmann FR; Wakui T; Jeune B; Robine J-M; Saito Y; Santos-Eggimann B; 5-COOP group
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2019;16(4):415-424

Are there educational disparities in health and functioning among the oldest old? Evidence from the Nordic countries.

Enroth L; Veenstra M; Aartsen M; Kjær AA; Nilsson CJ; Fors S
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2019;74(8):e97-e106

Is the Association Between Late Life Morbidity and Disability Attenuated Over Time? Exploring the Dynamic Equilibrium of Morbidity Hypothesis.

Hossin MZ; Östergren O; Fors S
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;48(5):1701-1709

Life-course socioeconomic differences and social mobility in preventable and non-preventable mortality: a study of Swedish twins.

Ericsson M; Pedersen NL; Johansson ALV; Fors S; Dahl Aslan AK
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(6):611-617

Ageing populations in the Nordic countries: Mortality and longevity from 1990 to 2014.

Jørgensen TSH; Fors S; Nilsson CJ; Enroth L; Aaltonen M; Sundberg L; Brønnum-Hansen H; Strand BH; Chang M; Jylhä M
Article: SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH. 2019;143(1):115-132

Coexisting Social, Economic, and Health-Related Disadvantages in More than 2.4 Million Swedes: Combining Variable-Centred and Person-Centred Approaches

Fors S; Almquist YB; Brannstrom L
Article: GERONTOLOGY. 2019;:1-10

Divergence and Convergence: How Do Income Inequalities in Mortality Change over the Life Course?

Rehnberg J; Fors S; Fritzell J
Article: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. 2019;80:58-64

Intergenerational relations and social mobility: Social inequality in physical function in old age.

Jørgensen TSH; Nilsson CJ; Lund R; Siersma V; Fors S
Article: ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH. 2018;38:12-21

Is childhood intelligence associated with coexisting disadvantages in adulthood? Evidence from a Swedish cohort study

Fors S; Torssander J; Almquist YB
Article: RESEARCH ON AGING. 2018;40(9):815-838

Who Lives Alone During Old Age? Trends in the Social and Functional Disadvantages of Sweden's Solitary Living Older Adults.

Shaw BA; Fors S; Fritzell J; Lennartsoon C; Agahi N
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;63(6):673-681

Why is the gender gap in life expectancy decreasing? The impact of age- and cause-specific mortality in Sweden 1997-2014.

Sundberg L; Agahi N; Fritzell J; Fors S
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2018;73(4):675-683

Smoking and Physical Inactivity as Predictors of Mobility Impairment During Late Life: Exploring Differential Vulnerability Across Education Level in Sweden.

Agahi N; Fors S; Fritzell J; Shaw BA
Article: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. 2018;32(2):366-375

Is the level of education associated with transitions between care settings in older adults near the end of life? A nationwide, retrospective cohort study.

Kelfve S; Wastesson J; Fors S; Johnell K; Morin L
Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;10:1679-1693

Thirty-year trends in dementia: a nationwide population study of Swedish inpatient records.

Seblova D; Quiroga ML; Fors S; Johnell K; Lövdén M; de Leon AP; Svensson AC; Wicks S; Lager A
Article: GERONTOLOGY. 2018;64(6):521-531

Frailty and Associated Factors among Centenarians in the 5-COOP Countries.

Herr M; Jeune B; Fors S; Andersen-Ranberg K; Ankri J; Arai Y; Cubaynes S; Santos-Eggimann B; Zekry D; Parker M; Saito Y; Herrmann F; Robine J-M; 5-COOP group
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2017;16(1):173

Different indicators of socioeconomic status and their relative importance as determinants of health in old age.

Darin-Mattsson A; Fors S; Kåreholt I
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2017;114(27):7001-7006

Childhood social class and cognitive aging in the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging.

Ericsson M; Lundholm C; Fors S; Dahl Aslan AK; Zavala C; Reynolds CA; Pedersen NL
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2017;14(2):199-205

Validation of abridged mini-mental state examination scales using population-based data from Sweden and USA.

Ericsson MC; Gatz M; Kåreholt I; Parker MG; Fors S
Article: LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES. 2017;8(1):104-119

Getting better all the time? Selective attrition and compositional changes in longitudinal and life course studies

Kelfve S; Fors S; Lennartsson C
Article: JOURNAL OF POPULATION AGEING. 2017;10(3):247-267

Coexisting Disadvantages in later Life: Demographic and Socio-Economic Inequalities.

Heap J; Fors S; Lennartsson C
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;26(6):1069-1074

Trends in health expectancies among the oldest old in Sweden, 1992-2011.

Sundberg L; Agahi N; Fritzell J; Fors S
Article: AGEING & SOCIETY. 2016;36(3):631-648

Childhood living conditions, education and health among the oldest old in Sweden

Berndt H; Fors S
Article: JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH. 2015;27(7):1266-1285

Are Occupational Complexity and Socioeconomic Position Related to Psychological Distress 20 Years Later?

Darin-Mattsson A; Andel R; Fors S; Kåreholt I
Article: SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH. 2015;123(2):411-429

Duration and Accumulation of Disadvantages in Old Age

Heap J; Fors S
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;60(1):91-98

Enduring inequality: educational disparities in health among the oldest old in Sweden 1992-2011.

Fors S; Thorslund M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;24(6):991-996

Socioeconomic inequalities in access to specialized psychotropic prescribing among older Swedes: a register-based study.

Wastesson JW; Fastbom J; Ringbäck Weitoft G; Fors S; Johnell K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;42(8):795-803

Inequalities in health care use among older adults in Sweden 1992-2011: a repeated cross-sectional study of Swedes aged 77 years and older.

Wastesson JW; Fors S; Parker MG; Johnell K
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;14:878

Associations between work-related stress in late midlife, educational attainment, and serious health problems in old age: a longitudinal study with over 20 years of follow-up.

Nilsen C; Andel R; Fors S; Meinow B; Darin Mattsson A; Kåreholt I
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2014;68(8):734-740

Social and economic conditions in childhood and the progression of functional health problems from midlife into old age.

Agahi N; Shaw BA; Fors S
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(29-31):1244-1247

[Swedish 100-year-olds need a lot of care. Swedish centenarian survey--on health and living conditions among 100-year-olds].

Parker MG; Meinow B; Berndt H; Sundberg L; Fors S
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2014;101:52-60

Socioeconomic inequalities in health after age 50: are health risk behaviors to blame?

Shaw BA; McGeever K; Vasquez E; Agahi N; Fors S
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(32-33):1403-1405

[Interview study on the living conditions of the very old. Elderly acquire more health problems, but they manage everyday life better].

Fors S; Lennartsson C; Agahi N; Parker MG; Thorslund M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;41(2):134-141

Paying the price? The impact of smoking and obesity on health inequalities in later life.

Fors S; Agahi N; Shaw BA
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2012;66(7):e16

Socioeconomic inequalities in circulatory and all-cause mortality after retirement: the impact of mid-life income and old-age pension. Evidence from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study.

Fors S; Modin B; Koupil I; Vågerö D
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2011;39(2):179-186

Live long and prosper? Childhood living conditions, marital status, social class in adulthood and mortality during mid-life: a cohort study.

Fors S; Lennartsson C; Lundberg O
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2009;64(6):750-757

Childhood living conditions, socioeconomic position in adulthood, and cognition in later life: exploring the associations.

Fors S; Lennartsson C; Lundberg O
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2008;18(2):138-143

Health inequalities among older adults in Sweden 1991-2002.

Fors S; Lennartsson C; Lundberg O
Article: AGEING & SOCIETY. 2008;28:253-270

Social mobility, geographical proximity and intergenerational family contact in Sweden

Fors S; Lennartsson C
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2006;3(1):15-21

Do actions speak louder than words? Self-assessed and performance-based measures of physical and visual function among old people.

Fors S; Thorslund M; Parker MG
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Corrigendum: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(4):1643-1644

Correction to: Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality.

Enroth L; Jasilionis D; Németh L; Strand BH; Tanjung I; Sundberg L; Fors S; Jylhä M; Brønnum-Hansen H
Review: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2020;12:100705

Systematic review of methods used to study the intersecting impact of sex and social locations on health outcomes.

Phillips SP; A V; S Y; R R; S I; E Z; S F
Corrigendum: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;60(1):99

Erratum to: Enduring inequality: educational disparities in health among the oldest old in Sweden 1992-2011.

Fors S; Thorslund M

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Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2019-
Researcher, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2028

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