Why is the educational gradient of mortality steeper for men?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-634

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Hayward, Mark D ^a   Brown, Dustin C ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Gradient; Marriage; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249245309     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp013     Document Type: Article

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