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Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age MortalityResults on Socioeconomic Mortality Differences (Discussion Included)

Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age Mortality: Results on Socioeconomic Mortality Differences... Chapter 8 Results on Socioeconomic Mortality Differences (Discussion Included) 8.1 The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Old Age Mortality 8.1.1 USA Table 8.1 shows the relative risks of dying. The underlying models are without inter- actions and separate for men and women. The baseline mortality risk that increases with age following a Gompertz-curve is not shown. The baseline risk roughly dou- bles with every ten years of age. Model 1 only contains the univariate results of each variable separately. The first category of each variable is the reference category that always has a value of 1. The categories below this reference category show relative mortality risks, relative to the reference category. All variables show the expected association with mortality and all of them are significant, except for marital status for women and having children for men. Surprisingly, men with 8 to 15 years of education do not have a significantly lower mortality compared to those with 0 to 7 years. In Model 2, all variables that directly or indirectly describe socioeconomic status are included simultaneously while health variables are excluded. Naturally, the mor- tality differences between the levels of most of the variables become smaller than they were in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age MortalityResults on Socioeconomic Mortality Differences (Discussion Included)

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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Netherlands 2008
ISBN
978-1-4020-8691-5
Pages
139 –176
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-8692-2_9
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Chapter 8 Results on Socioeconomic Mortality Differences (Discussion Included) 8.1 The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Old Age Mortality 8.1.1 USA Table 8.1 shows the relative risks of dying. The underlying models are without inter- actions and separate for men and women. The baseline mortality risk that increases with age following a Gompertz-curve is not shown. The baseline risk roughly dou- bles with every ten years of age. Model 1 only contains the univariate results of each variable separately. The first category of each variable is the reference category that always has a value of 1. The categories below this reference category show relative mortality risks, relative to the reference category. All variables show the expected association with mortality and all of them are significant, except for marital status for women and having children for men. Surprisingly, men with 8 to 15 years of education do not have a significantly lower mortality compared to those with 0 to 7 years. In Model 2, all variables that directly or indirectly describe socioeconomic status are included simultaneously while health variables are excluded. Naturally, the mor- tality differences between the levels of most of the variables become smaller than they were in

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Income Group; Married Woman; Relative Mortality; High Income Group; Mortality Difference

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