Lifespan Variation by Occupational Class: Compression or Stagnation Over Time?

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-95

  van Raalte, Alyson A ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^c   Myrskylä, Mikko ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Life disparity; Life expectancy; Lifespan variation; Mortality compression; Socioeconomic inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893556171     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0253-x     Document Type: Article

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