University of Essex, UK.
University of Essex, UK.
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Apr;49:101216. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101216. Epub 2022 Dec 21.
We estimate the correlates of death and injury in action during the First World War for a sample of 2400 non-officer British servicemen who were born in the 1890s. Among these 13.1% were killed in action and another 23.5% were wounded. Not surprisingly we find that the probability of death or wounding increases with time in the army and was higher among infantrymen. For a serviceman who enlisted in the infantry at the beginning of the war and continued in service, the probability of being killed in action was 29% and the probability of being either killed or wounded in action was 64%. We examine, for ordinary soldiers, the hypothesis that death and injury was more likely for those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds as is suggested in the literature on the 'lost generation'. While such selectivity applies when comparing officers with other ranks it does not apply among the ordinary soldiers who comprised 95% of the army.
我们估计了在第一次世界大战行动中死亡和受伤的相关因素，样本包括 2400 名出生于 19 世纪 90 年代的非军官英国军人。其中 13.1%的人在行动中死亡，另有 23.5%的人受伤。毫不奇怪，我们发现死亡或受伤的概率随着在军队中的时间而增加，而且步兵的概率更高。对于一名在战争开始时应征入伍步兵并继续服役的军人，在行动中被击毙的概率为 29%，在行动中被击毙或受伤的概率为 64%。我们研究了普通士兵的假设，即根据文献中关于“失落一代”的说法，来自较高社会经济背景的人更有可能死亡和受伤。虽然在比较军官和其他军衔时存在这种选择性，但在构成军队 95%的普通士兵中并不适用。
