Mortality Attributable to Low Levels of Education in the United States.

Educational disparities in U.S. adult mortality are large and have widened across birth cohorts. We consider three policy relevant scenarios and estimate the mortality attributable to: (1) individuals having less than a high school degree rather than a high school degree, (2) individuals having some...

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Main Authors: Patrick M Krueger, Melanie K Tran, Robert A Hummer, Virginia W Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4496052?pdf=render