Do socioeconomic mortality differences decrease with rising age?
Do socioeconomic mortality differences decrease with rising age?
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DOI：
10.4054/demres.2005.13.2
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发表时间：
2005-08-09
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Hoffmann, R
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作者：
Hoffmann, R
社会经济地位对死亡率的影响是死亡率研究中的一个既定发现。我研究，这种影响是否随着年龄的增长而减少。大多数研究发现了这种下降的证据，但不知道这种下降是否是由于死亡选择。我的数据来自美国健康和退休研究（HRS），包括9376名59岁以上的人，这些人被跟踪了8年。这些变量允许对SES、健康和行为进行随时间变化的测量。采用事件历史分析法对死亡率差异进行分析。我的研究结果表明，社会经济死亡率的差异在不同年龄段是稳定的，而随着健康状况的下降，它们明显下降。第一个发现，健康，而不是年龄是均衡器与不平等分布的健康的第二个发现相结合的结论，在老年，社会经济地位的影响转移到健康，是稳定的跨年龄。
The impact of SES on mortality is an established finding in mortality research. I examine, whether this impact decreases with age. Most research finds evidence for this decrease but it is unknown whether the decline is due to mortality selection. My data come from the US-Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and includes 9376 persons aged 59+, which are followed over 8 years. The variables allow a time varying measurement of SES, health and behavior. Event-history-analysis is applied to analyze mortality differentials. My results show that socioeconomic mortality differences are stable across ages whereas they decline clearly with decreasing health. The first finding that health rather than age is the equalizer combined with the second finding of unequally distributed health leads to the conclusion that in old age, the impact of SES is transferred to health and is stable across ages.