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Education, Income, Material Deprivation And Mortality In Hungary Between 2001 And 2008

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  • Katalin Kovács
  • Lajos Bálint

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In Hungary, as in other Central Eastern European countries, large inequalities in mortality by level of education have been observed based mostly on cross-sectional data. This paper explores prospective mortality data from Hungary to evaluate the role of education, income and material deprivation using negative binomial regression. Education, income and material deprivation are all found to be important determinants of mortality. However, in the multivariate regression only low income and deep material deprivation remained important independent predictors of mortality for both men and women. Contrary to expectations, education had no independent effect on mortality once subjective income and material deprivation was taken into account. Medium-level deprivation increased mortality risk only among men, and medium to low income only among women.

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  • Katalin Kovács & Lajos Bálint, 2014. "Education, Income, Material Deprivation And Mortality In Hungary Between 2001 And 2008," Demográfia English Edition, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, vol. 57(5), pages 73-89.
    • Handle: RePEc:nki:journl:v:57:y:2014:i:5:p:73-89
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    Keywords

    mortality; Hungary; education; material deprivation; income; follow-up study; poverty;
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    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality

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