Class Differentials in Expectation of Life at Birth

Abstract

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The problem of validity in field studies of psychological disorder.

“…Premature deaths of children and young adults, for example, are disruptive factors in family and social life over which survivors have little control. The comparatively short life expectancy in lower class groups (Mayer & Hauser, 1950) suggests that such stressors are relatively frequent there.…”

Physical Problems of Older People*

“…Mayer and Hauser's (8) study of life expectation in Chicago for the years 1880 to 1940 indicated that the highest economic groups had significantly greater life expectancy than the lowest economic groups. The difference was seven and a half years between upper‐income and lower‐income white males and females, and six years between upper‐income and lower‐income Negro males and females in 1940.…”

Differential Mortality, General and Cause-Specific in Buffalo, 1939–41

“…Research shows such phenomena closely related to social and cultural factors. Age, nativity, race, sex and socio-economic status relate to mortality [2,5] the relation varying with the cause of death [1, 8,9]. This paper presents further evidence of variation of demographic phenomena with socio-economic status.…”