Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 3R0xNH18. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. In this study wo examined the relationship between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and mortallty for a representative sample of individuals. Methods. The sample included 3734 adividuals aged 45 and older interviewed in 1984 in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. to the current study, inortality was tracked be tween 1984 and 1994 and is related to SES indicators of education, occupation, income, and wealth. Results. Wealth and recent family income were the indicators that were most strongly associated with subsequent mortality. These associations persisted after we controlled for the other SES indicators and were stronger tor women than for men and for nonelderly than for elderly individuals. Conclusions. We found that the economic indicators of SES were usually as strongly associated with mortality as, if not more strongly associated with mortality than, the more conventional indicators of compieved schooling and occipation.
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