Educational disparities in disability-free life expectancy across Europe: A focus on the East-West gaps from a gender perspective.

ABSTRACT: Education plays a crucial role in shaping the health outcomes of adults. This study examines the relationship between educational attainment and health across Europe. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we estimate educational inequalities in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by gender in seven Western European (2004-2019) and three Central and Eastern European (CEE) (2010-2019) countries. We exploit a novel approach that combines the Sullivan method and multivariate life tables to calculate DFLE using SHARE data. We find that educational differences in DFLE favoring the better-educated exist in both CEE and Western European countries, but also that the differences across countries are more pronounced among the low-educated. While the absolut

SUBMITTER: Stonkute D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10425944 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature