Differential survival in Europe and the United States: estimates based on subjective probabilities of survival.

ABSTRACT: Cross-country comparisons of differential survival by socioeconomic status (SES) are useful in many domains. Yet, to date, such studies have been rare. Reliably estimating differential survival in a single country has been challenging because it requires rich panel data with a large sample size. Cross-country estimates have proven even more difficult because the measures of SES need to be comparable internationally. We present an alternative method for acquiring information on differential survival by SES. Rather than using observations of actual survival, we relate individuals' subjective probabilities of survival to SES variables in cross section. To show that subjective survival probabilities are informative proxies for actual survival when estimating differential survival, we compare e

SUBMITTER: Delavande A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3609718 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature