Calloused hands, shorter life? Occupation and older-age survival in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inequalities in mortality are often attributed to socioeconomic differences in education level, income, and wealth. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is generally related to worse health and survival across the life course. Yet, disadvantaged people are also more likely to hold jobs requiring heavy physical labor, repetitive movement, ergonomic strain, and safety hazards.

Objective

We examine the link between primary lifetime occupation, together with education and net worth, on survival among older adults in Mexico.

Methods

We use data from four waves (2001, 2003, 2012, and 2015) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). We estimate age-specific mortality rates for ages 50 and over using a hazards model based on a two-parameter Gompertz function.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Beltran-Sanchez H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917739 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature