Trends in mortality differentials and life expectancy for male Social Security-covered workers, by socioeconomic status

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-28

  Waldron, Hilary ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 44649190818     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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