Regional inequalities in life expectancy and lifespan variation by educational attainment in Spain, 2014-2018
Bramajo, Octavio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Blanes, Amand (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	Two important sources of inequality in mortality are regional variation and individuals' socioeconomic status. While many studies have investigated the effect that each of these two factors might have had on mortality levels separately, they have rarely been studied simultaneously. Using linked data from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, we study regional levels of life expectancy and lifespan inequality by sex and educational attainment in contemporary Spain (2014-2018). In all regions, life expectancy was higher (and lifespan variation lower) for individuals with higher educational attainment and among women. We find a negative relationship between life expectancy and lifespan inequality across subnational regions among all sex-education groups. However, the relationship is much weaker among the highly educated. These findings suggest that spatial conditions still matter as health determinants, but even more among individuals with disadvantaged socioeconomic positions, not only in terms of lower life expectancy but also of higher lifespan variation.
Grants:	European Research Council 864616
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Note:	Altres ajuts: FI-AGAUR 2021 doctoral grant
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Educational attainment ; Life expectancy ; Lifespan inequality ; Spain ; Spatial inequality
Published in:	Population, space and place, 2022 , ISSN 1544-8452

DOI: 10.1002/psp.2628

25 p, 1.9 MB

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