Abstract
Inequality is a major cause of death in the United States. In 2007 death rates were 2.7 times as high for people with less than a high school diploma than for those with at least some college education (Xu et al. 2010). Evidence indicates that mortality disparities by education, a key measure of socioeconomic status (SES) (see Mirowsky and Ross 2003; Smith 2004; Williams 1990), have widened in recent decades (e.g., Ahmedin et al. 2008; Preston and Elo 1995). We expect that in recent decades mortality disparities by education have persisted and may even have widened.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Social Stratification |
| Subtitle of host publication | Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 1056-1063 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429963193 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780429494642 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Jan 1 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)