SOCI 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Epidemiology, Postgraduate Education, Ceteris Paribus
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Abstract: educational attainment is one of strongest preventive factors for adult health and longevity, data for adults aged 30-84. Introduction: raising education levels has become population health strategy. Mortality benefits not spread equally across population subgroups. Benefits smaller for women, black, hispanics, and non u. s. born adults: stratification systems and discrimination, morality benefits of education are moderated by other resources an individual possesses. Contingent on the availability of other resources. Educational attainment and adult mortality: inverse association between educational attainment and adult mortality. During the 1980s and 1990s, gaps in u. s. life expectancy at age 25 widened across education levels while they shrunk between men and women and between whites and blacks : education influences mortality through massive multiplicity of connections . Higher educated people can more easily get resources income and wealth: used to purchase nutritious food, gym memberships, homes in safe neighborhoods. More likely to hold stable jobs: jobs are fulfilling, require creative thinking.
