Are Differences in Disability-Free Life Expectancy by Gender, Race, and Education Widening at Older Ages?

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Solé Auró, Aïda ^a   Beltrán Sánchez, Hiram ^b   Crimmins, Eileen M ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability free life expectancy; Disabled life expectancy; Socio economic differences; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939878688     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-014-9337-6     Document Type: Article

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