Disability-free life expectancy of older French people: Gender and education differentials from the PAQUID cohort

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-233

  Pérès, Karine ^a   Jagger, Carol ^b   Lièvre, Agnès ^c   Barberger Gateau, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Disability free life expectancy; Education; Longitudinal survey; Markov chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844456299     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0006-9     Document Type: Article

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