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Causes, Correlates and Consequences of Death Among Older Adults
Behrman, Jere R.; Sickles, Robin C. (Rice University, Houston, Tx, Usa); Taubman, Paul (University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Usa)
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Hardback. Why are there differences in life expectancies among various demographic groups? Why have these changes in life expectancies occurred? This text considers an approach to investigating determinants of and correlates of mortality in the United States - integrating modeling, micro data, and modern econometric techniques. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
All humans eventually die, but life expectancies differ over time and among different demographic groups. Teasing out the various causes and correlates of death is a challenge, and it is one we take on in this book. A look at the data on mortality is both interesting and suggestive of some possible relationships. In 1900 life expectancies at birth were 46. 3 and 48. 3 years for men and women respectively, a gender differential of a bit less than 5 percent. Life expectancies for whites then were about 0. 3 years longer than that of the whole population, but life ... Read more
All humans eventually die, but life expectancies differ over time and among different demographic groups. Teasing out the various causes and correlates of death is a challenge, and it is one we take on in this book. A look at the data on mortality is both interesting and suggestive of some possible relationships. In 1900 life expectancies at birth were 46. 3 and 48. 3 years for men and women respectively, a gender differential of a bit less than 5 percent. Life expectancies for whites then were about 0. 3 years longer than that of the whole population, but life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792382867
SKU
V9780792382867
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