Differences in life expectancy by education and occupation in Italy, 1980–94: Indirect estimates from maternal and paternal orphanhood
In the present study, we use the modified orphanhood method to analyse mortality differences by socio-economic status in Italy. This technique permits the indirect estimation of adult mortality from survey-based information on parents' survival in developed populations and helps to
overcome several limitations of conventional studies on mortality differences by social class. We estimate a time series of life tables by education and occupation and analyse the differences in life expectancy by socio-economic status along with their changes between 1980–84, 1985–89,
and 1990–94. Whereas mortality differences between the highest social class and the other socio-economic status groups increased among men, they decreased among women. We speculate about the reasons for these sex-specific trends and evaluate the application of indirect estimation techniques
to the populations of developed countries.
Keywords: Italy; differential mortality; education; indirect estimation techniques; occupation; orphanhood method; smoking; socio-economic status
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2: University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’,
Publication date: 01 July 2011
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