Gender gaps in life expectancy: generalized trends and negative associations with development indices in OECD countries | Zendy

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Gender gaps in life expectancy: generalized trends and negative associations with development indices in OECD countries

Author(s) -

Yan Liu,

Asuna Arai,

Koji Kanda,

Romeo B. Lee,

Jay H. Glasser,

Howard Tamashiro

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks049

Subject(s) - happiness , life expectancy , human development index , empowerment , demography , human development (humanity) , demographic economics , psychology , geography , development economics , economic growth , economics , sociology , social psychology , population

Life expectancy (LE) is a major marker of individual survival. It also serves as a guide to highlight both the progress and the gaps in total social and societal health. Comparative LE in concert with measures of gender-specific experience, indices of empowerment and societal happiness and development offer a comparative tool to examine trends and similarities of societal progress as seen through the lens of cross-national experience.

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