Abstract
This study analyses differentials in life expectancy and cause-specific death rates among the elderly Jewish population in Israel in the early 1970s and early 1980s. We find substantial inequality in old-age mortality levels across subpopulations in geographic units and show that this inequality increased between the two periods. Much of the variation in old-age mortality is explained by differences in economic and social status, ethnicity and religiosity. The importance of religiosity is of particular interest in the context of Israeli society.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 59-83 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Health transition review : the cultural, social, and behavioural determinants of health |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Apr 1995 |
