Session 84:
Gender Differences in Adult Health and Mortality
Chair: Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg
Discussant: Marilyn Sinkewicz, Columbia University
Discussant: Ronny Westerman, Philipps-University Marburg
Gender Differences in Measures of Health in a UK Population Based Survey of Older People: A Latent Variable Modeling Approach George B Ploubidis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Gender Differences in Trajectories of Health Limitations in Germany between 1995 and 2001. A Study Based on the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) Rasmus Hoffmann, University of Rostock
Economic Transition, Male Competition, and Sex Differences in Mortality Rates Daniel J Kruger, University of Michigan ; Randolph M Nesse, University of Michigan
The Male-Female Health-Survival Paradox: A Survey and Register Study of the Impact of Sex-Specific Selection and Information Bias Anna Oksuzyan, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Inge Petersen, University of Southern Denmark ; Henrik Stovring, University of Southern Denmark ; Matt McGue, University of Minnesota ; Paul Bingley, University of Aarhus ; Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark
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