Occupational inequalities in health expectancies in France in the early 2000s: Unequal chances of reaching and living retirement in good health

Increasing life expectancy (LE) raises expectations for social participation at later ages. We computed health expectancies (HE) to assess the (un)equal chances of social/work participation after age 50 in the context of France in 2003. We considered five HEs, covering various health situations whic...

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Main Authors: Emmanuelle Cambois, Caroline Laborde, Isabelle Romieu, Jean-Marie Robine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-08-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/12/