Inequality in life expectancy, functional status, and active life expectancy across selected Black and White populations in the United States

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-251

  Geronimus, Arline T ^a   Bound, John ^b   Waidmann, Timothy A ^b   Colen, Cynthia G ^b   Steffick, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035349981     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088303     Document Type: Article

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