Educational differentials in mortality : United States, 1979-85

The paper examines educational differentials in adult mortality in the United States within a multivariate framework using data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Survey (NLMS). As a preliminary step we compare the magnitude of educational mortality differentials in the United States to those...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 1996, Vol.42 (1), p.47-57
Main Authors: ELO, I. T, PRESTON, S. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Europe
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Factors
Female
General aspects
Humans
Income
Inequalities
Life Expectancy
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marital Status
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mortality
Mortality Rates
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Race
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Social classes
Social inequality
Social status
Socioeconomic Factors
U.S.A
United States - epidemiology
United States of America
USA
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Summary:The paper examines educational differentials in adult mortality in the United States within a multivariate framework using data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Survey (NLMS). As a preliminary step we compare the magnitude of educational mortality differentials in the United States to those documented in Europe. At ages 35-54, the proportionate reductions in mortality for each one year increase in schooling are similar in the United States to those documented in Europe. The analyses further reveal significant educational differentials in U.S. mortality among both men and women in the early 1980s. Differentials are larger for men and for working ages than for women and persons age 65 and above. These differentials persist but are reduced in magnitude when controls for income, marital status and current place of residence are introduced.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/0277-9536(95)00062-3