Old-age mortality in Israel: analysis of variation and change
Friedlander, Dov; Schellekens, Jona; Cohen, Refaela Sharashov
Description
This study analyses differentials in life expectancy and cause-specific death rates among the elderly Jewish population in Israel in the early 1970s and early 1980s. We find substantial inequality in old-age mortality levels across subpopulations in geographic units and show that this inequality increased between the two periods. Much of the variation in old-age mortality is explained by differences in economic and social status, ethnicity and religiosity. The importance of religiosity is of...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 1995 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41053 http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/41053 |
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