2019
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3507536
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Trends in Health and Mortality Inequalities in the United States

Abstract: Recent literature has documented a widening gap in mortality in the United States between individuals with high socioeconomic status (SES) and low SES. An important question is whether this trend will continue. In this paper we document trends and inequalities in the health status at ages 54 to 60 of individuals born between 1934 and 1959. We do so by using detailed subjective and objective measures of health in the Health and Retirement Study to examine contributors to mortality inequality and to forecast lif… Show more

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“…For singles, there was a decrease of 5.0 percentage points, and for couples there was a decrease of 4.5 percentage points. This is consistent with other indicators, such as indicators for health, that have shown a worsening of conditions for successive cohorts of older Americans (Hudomiet, Hurd, and Rohwedder 2019).…”
Section: Economic Preparation For Retirementsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…For singles, there was a decrease of 5.0 percentage points, and for couples there was a decrease of 4.5 percentage points. This is consistent with other indicators, such as indicators for health, that have shown a worsening of conditions for successive cohorts of older Americans (Hudomiet, Hurd, and Rohwedder 2019).…”
Section: Economic Preparation For Retirementsupporting
confidence: 90%