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Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age MortalityChange of Socioeconomic Mortality Differences with Age

Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age Mortality: Change of Socioeconomic Mortality Differences... Chapter 5 Change of Socioeconomic Mortality Differences with Age Interest in the topic of a possible change of socioeconomic mortality differences in old age is rising due to a number of open-ended theoretical and methodological questions related to this issue. Except for a very limited number of studies showing no socioeconomic mortality differences in old age (Valkonen 1993), there is general agreement that differences in health and mortality also exist in old age. However, different results and assumptions exist for the question of whether these differences are larger or smaller in old age than in younger age groups. Decreasing differ- ences have been reported by the majority of studies. In principle, there are three possibilities which are analogous to the three ways social inequality can change, as mentioned in Section 3.5: divergent, convergent or constant relative differences. This section presents different hypotheses, research findings and explanations that support each of these possibilities. It is important to note that this consideration is for relative mortality differences. The overall level of mortality increases so steeply with age for all social groups, that absolute mortality differences between social groups will increase in most cases in old age (Martelin 1996). The distinction between http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Netherlands 2008
ISBN
978-1-4020-8691-5
Pages
103 –113
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-8692-2_6
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Chapter 5 Change of Socioeconomic Mortality Differences with Age Interest in the topic of a possible change of socioeconomic mortality differences in old age is rising due to a number of open-ended theoretical and methodological questions related to this issue. Except for a very limited number of studies showing no socioeconomic mortality differences in old age (Valkonen 1993), there is general agreement that differences in health and mortality also exist in old age. However, different results and assumptions exist for the question of whether these differences are larger or smaller in old age than in younger age groups. Decreasing differ- ences have been reported by the majority of studies. In principle, there are three possibilities which are analogous to the three ways social inequality can change, as mentioned in Section 3.5: divergent, convergent or constant relative differences. This section presents different hypotheses, research findings and explanations that support each of these possibilities. It is important to note that this consideration is for relative mortality differences. The overall level of mortality increases so steeply with age for all social groups, that absolute mortality differences between social groups will increase in most cases in old age (Martelin 1996). The distinction between

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Unobserved Heterogeneity; Mortality Difference; European Community Household Panel; Double Jeopardy; Selective Mortality

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