Death, Dollars and Degrees: Socio-economic Status and Longevity in Australia*

摘要: We estimate differences in mortality and life expectancy by levels of income, education area-based socio-economic status using the Household, Income Labour Dynamics Australia survey. The study involved 16,905 respondents aged over twenty years interviewed between 2001 2007. Mortality estimates were based on proportional hazard regression models. relative risk poorest richest income quintile was 1.88 (1.45, 2.44) times higher this translated into a gap (at age twenty) six years. Having more than twelve also associated with significantly lower death. Area-based measures disadvantage not significant after controlling for individual-level factors.