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Title: Social Policy and Demographic Change: Trends in Survival for U.S. Males in the Years Preceding Retirement, 1966-1981
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Haurin, R. Jean Mott, Frank L. |
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Social Policy and Demographic Change: Trends in Survival for U.S. Males in the Years Preceding Retirement, 1966-1981 Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1987 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research Keyword(s): Health Care; Health Factors; Legislation; Retirement/Retirement Planning; Social Security Using data from the NLS of Older Men (1966-1981), this paper examines the extent to which survival prospects for men in the years immediately preceding the normal retirement age have been affected by the many changes in medical and health care and in Social Security retirement and disability provisions during the period. Hypotheses relating both to generalized improvements in survival probabilities and to the narrowing of survival differentials between population subgroups defined by socioeconomic, marital, health and employment status are tested. Results indicate that many of the traditionally evidenced differentials narrow or vanish over the period. Consistent with expectations, the greatest improvement in survival is evidenced for the retired, particularly those with health problems. The selective improvement in survival chances for this group is related to ongoing transitions in medical and health care as well as retirement trends in general. |
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Haurin, R. Jean and Frank L. Mott. "Social Policy and Demographic Change: Trends in Survival for U.S. Males in the Years Preceding Retirement, 1966-1981." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1987. |