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Why Is the Educational Gradient of Mortality Steeper for Men?

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  • Jennifer Karas Montez
  • Mark D. Hayward
  • Dustin C. Brown
  • Robert A. Hummer

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  • Jennifer Karas Montez & Mark D. Hayward & Dustin C. Brown & Robert A. Hummer, 2009. "Why Is the Educational Gradient of Mortality Steeper for Men?," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(5), pages 625-634.
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    1. Bethany Everett & David Rehkopf & Richard Rogers, 2013. "The Nonlinear Relationship Between Education and Mortality: An Examination of Cohort, Race/Ethnic, and Gender Differences," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 32(6), pages 893-917, December.
    2. Tiffany Green & Tod Hamilton, 2019. "Maternal educational attainment and infant mortality in the United States: Does the gradient vary by race/ethnicity and nativity?," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 41(25), pages 713-752.
    3. Hoffmann, Rasmus & Kröger, Hannes & Tarkiainen, Lasse & Martikainen, Pekka, 2019. "Dimensions of Social Stratification and Their Relation to Mortality: A Comparison Across Gender and Life Course Periods in Finland," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 145(1), pages 349-365.
    4. Shervin Assari & Ritesh Mistry, 2018. "Educational Attainment and Smoking Status in a National Sample of American Adults; Evidence for the Blacks’ Diminished Return," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-12, April.
    5. Schafer, Markus H. & Ferraro, Kenneth F., 2011. "Distal and variably proximal causes: Education, obesity, and health," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 73(9), pages 1340-1348.
    6. Gong, Jie & Lu, Yi & Xie, Huihua, 2020. "The average and distributional effects of teenage adversity on long-term health," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    7. Luo, Ye & Zhang, Zhenmei & Gu, Danan, 2015. "Education and mortality among older adults in China," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 134-142.
    8. Dustin Brown & Mark Hayward & Jennifer Montez & Robert Hummer & Chi-Tsun Chiu & Mira Hidajat, 2012. "The Significance of Education for Mortality Compression in the United States," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 49(3), pages 819-840, August.
    9. Spittel, Michael L. & Riley, William T. & Kaplan, Robert M., 2015. "Educational attainment and life expectancy: A perspective from the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 203-205.
    10. Edward Adinkrah & Babak Najand & Arash Rahmani & Najmeh Maharlouei & Tavonia Ekwegh & Sharon Cobb & Hossein Zare, 2022. "Social Determinants of Mental, Physical, and Oral Health of Middle-Aged and Older African Americans in South Los Angeles," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-14, December.
    11. Jennifer Montez & Robert Hummer & Mark Hayward, 2012. "Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality in the United States: A Systematic Analysis of Functional Form," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 49(1), pages 315-336, February.
    12. Mathias Voigt & Antonio Abellán & Julio Pérez & Diego Ramiro, 2020. "The effects of socioeconomic conditions on old-age mortality within shared disability pathways," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(9), pages 1-17, September.
    13. Rasmus Hoffmann & Hannes Kröger & Lasse Tarkiainen & Pekka Martikainen, 2019. "Dimensions of Social Stratification and Their Relation to Mortality: A Comparison Across Gender and Life Course Periods in Finland," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 145(1), pages 349-365, August.
    14. Valentina Gallo & Johan P Mackenbach & Majid Ezzati & Gwenn Menvielle & Anton E Kunst & Sabine Rohrmann & Rudolf Kaaks & Birgit Teucher & Heiner Boeing & Manuela M Bergmann & Anne Tjønneland & Susanne, 2012. "Social Inequalities and Mortality in Europe – Results from a Large Multi-National Cohort," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(7), pages 1-10, July.
    15. Jennifer Karas Montez & Kaitlyn Barnes, 2016. "The Benefits of Educational Attainment for U.S. Adult Mortality: Are they Contingent on the Broader Environment?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 35(1), pages 73-100, February.
    16. Zajacova, Anna & Hummer, Robert A., 2009. "Gender differences in education effects on all-cause mortality for white and black adults in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(4), pages 529-537, August.
    17. Catherine Ross & Ryan Masters & Robert Hummer, 2012. "Education and the Gender Gaps in Health and Mortality," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 49(4), pages 1157-1183, November.
    18. Shervin Assari & Maryam Moghani Lankarani, 2018. "Educational Attainment Promotes Fruit and Vegetable Intake for Whites but Not Blacks," J, MDPI, vol. 1(1), pages 1-13, June.

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