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Educational composition effect on the sex gap in life expectancy: A research note based on evidence from Australia

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  • Wen Su
  • Jennifer Welsh
  • Rosemary J. Korda
  • Vladimir Canudas-Romo

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Life expectancy for females has exceeded that of males globally this century. There is considerable within-country variation in life expectancy related to education. Sex gaps in life expectancy can be decomposed into two components: sex differences in education-specific mortality and sex differences in educational composition. We illustrate this using Australian data for 2016, when the sex gap in life expectancy at age 25 was 3.8 years. The sex gap would be as large as 4.5 years if males and females had the same educational composition; however, it is reduced by 0.7 years, given the lower levels of education among women than men. In a hypothetical scenario accounting for recent increases in females’ educational achievement (holding the educational composition at all ages constant at that observed at ages 25–39 for both sexes), we estimate a potential increase in the sex gap (to 4.1 years) in favour of females.

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  • Wen Su & Jennifer Welsh & Rosemary J. Korda & Vladimir Canudas-Romo, 2024. "Educational composition effect on the sex gap in life expectancy: A research note based on evidence from Australia," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 78(2), pages 361-369, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpstxx:v:78:y:2024:i:2:p:361-369
    DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2023.2273466
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