Educational differences in all-cause mortality by marital status

Iliana Kohler, Kirsten P. Smith, Irma T. Elo and Pekka Martikainen
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Iliana Kohler: University of Pennsylvania
Kirsten P. Smith: University of Pennsylvania
Irma T. Elo: University of Pennsylvania
Pekka Martikainen: Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki)

Demographic Research, 2008, vol. 19, issue 60, 2011-2042

Abstract: Using life table measures, we compare educational differentials in all-cause mortality at ages 40 to 70 in Bulgaria to those in Finland and the United States. Specifically, we assess whether the relationship between education and mortality is modified by marital status. Although high education and being married are associated with lower mortality in all three countries, absolute educational differences tend to be smaller among married than unmarried individuals. Absolute differentials by education are largest for Bulgarian men, but in relative terms educational differences are smaller among Bulgarian men than in Finland and the U.S. Among women, Americans experience the largest education-mortality gradients in both relative and absolute terms. Our results indicate a particular need to tackle health hazards among poorly educated men in countries in transition.

Keywords: Finland; marital status; United States of America; Bulgaria; educational differentials; all-cause mortality; life table measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.60

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