Education, gender, and mortality: Does schooling have the same effect on mortality for men and women in the US?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2176-2190

  Zajacova, Anna ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Marital status; Mortality; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747774814     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.031     Document Type: Article

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