The Importance of Education for Middle- and Old-Age Mortality in Chile: Estimates From Panel Data Linked to Death Records.
J Aging Health
; 34(1): 71-77, 2022 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine the association between education and mortality by age and gender in Chile.METHODS:
We drew data from 10,147 adults aged 40 years and over from the Chilean Social Protection Survey linked to the national death records. We specify five Cox regression models to estimate the main and interaction effects for education levels, age, sex, and mortality.RESULTS:
The hazard ratios reduce with increasing education. Secondary and tertiary education levels are associated, respectively, with 34% and 41% lower hazard rates than 0-4 years of schooling. Also, the educational gradient in mortality is significantly weaker at older ages, and it does not differ by gender.DISCUSSION:
Our findings endorse the negative association of formal education with adult mortality, uncovering Chile's structural problems despite the economic improvements underway. It also corroborates the importance of novel longitudinal data for mortality analyses in Latin America.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Policy
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Death Certificates
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Chile
Language:
En
Journal:
J Aging Health
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile