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: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. 2024;121:105362
Longitudinal associations between sensory and cognitive functioning in adults 60 years or older in Sweden and Denmark
Badache A-C; Rehnberg J; Maki-Torkko E; Widen S; Fors S
Article: SEXUAL MEDICINE. 2024;12(2):qfae022
Sexual health among the oldest old: a population-based study among people aged 85 years and older in Stockholm, Sweden
Politis M; Kosidou K; Fors S; Nord M
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
Jorgensen TSH; Osler M; Fors S; Nilsson CJ; Meyer A; Modig K
Article: GERONTOLOGY. 2024;70(3):318-326
The Association between Education and Cognitive Performance Varies at Different Levels of Cognitive Performance: A Quantile Regression Approach
Rehnberg J; Huisman M; Fors S; Marseglia A; Kok A
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; Zolyomi E; Vafaei A; Kadi S; Jull J; Phillips S; 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; Maki-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; Mendez DY; Gebreslassie M; Zhou M; Carlsson AC; Svefors P; Wandell P; Ostenson C-G; Brynedal B; Lager A
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; Phillips S; Rodrigues R; Vafaei A; Zolyomi E; Rehnberg J
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; Zolyomi E; Jull J; Rehnberg J; Vafaei A; Phillips S
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; Nemeth L; Strand BH; Tanjung I; Sundberg L; Fors S; Jylha M; Bronnum-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
Ostergren O; Fors S; Rehnberg J
Article: HEALTH AND 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
Jorgensen TSH; Meyer AC; Hedstrom 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; Ostergren 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; Calderon-Larranaga 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; Lovden 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: THE 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, international 5-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
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; Kjaer 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; Ostergren 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; Aslan AKD
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(6):611-617
Ageing populations in the Nordic countries: Mortality and longevity from 1990 to 2014
Jorgensen TSH; Fors S; Nilsson CJ; Enroth L; Aaltonen M; Sundberg L; Bronnum-Hansen H; Strand BH; Chang M; Jylha 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;65(3):313-322
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
Jorgensen 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; Lovden 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
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; Kareholt 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; Aslan AKD; 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; Kareholt 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; Kareholt 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; Weitoft GR; 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; Mattsson AD; Kareholt 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 AND 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; Vagero 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
Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality (vol 19, pg 161, 2022)
Enroth L; Jasilionis D; Nemeth L; Strand BH; Tanjung I; Sundberg L; Fors S; Jylha M; Bronnum-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; Vafaei A; Yu S; Rodrigues R; Ilinca S; Zolyomi E; Fors S
Corrigendum: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;60(1):99
Enduring inequality: educational disparities in health among the oldest old in Sweden 1992-2011 (vol. 60, pg. 91, 2015)
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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