Do women in Europe live longer and happier lives than men?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The article examines gender differences in happy life expectancy at age 50 (LE50) and computes the age-specific contributions of mortality and happiness effects to gender differences in happy LE50 in 16 European countries.

Methods

Abridged life tables and happy LE50 were calculated using conventional life tables and Sullivan's method. Age-specific death rates were calculated from deaths and population exposures in the Human Mortality Database. Happiness prevalence was estimated using the 2010-11 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Happiness was defined using a single question about life satisfaction on a scale of 0-10. A decomposition algorithm was applied to estimate the exact contributions of the differences in mortality and happiness to the overa

SUBMITTER: Sole-Auro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658808 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature