Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality.

ABSTRACT: Overall progress in life expectancy (LE) depends increasingly on survival in older ages. The birth cohorts now reaching old age have experienced considerable educational expansion, which is a driving force for the social change and social inequality. Thus, this study examines changes in old age LE by educational attainment in the Nordic countries and aims to find out to what extent the change in national LEs is attributable to education-specific mortality and the shifting educational composition. We used national register data comprising total 65 + populations in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to create period life tables stratified by five-year age groups (65-90 +), sex and educational attainment. Difference in LE between 2001 and 2015 was decomposed into the contributions of mortali

SUBMITTER: Enroth L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156635 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature