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Social Inequalities in Disability-Free Life Expectancy in the French Male Population, 1980-1991
- Demography
- Population Association of America
- Volume 38, Number 4, November 2001
- pp. 513-524
- 10.1353/dem.2001.0033
- Article
- Additional Information
We calculate aggregate indicators of population health for occupational groups to gauge changes in health disparities during the 1980-1991 period. The study is based on the experiences of French adult men in three major occupational classes: managers, manual workers, and an intermediary occupational group. Life table models show that managers have longer life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) than manual workers, and a shorter life expectancy with disability. The concurrent increases in life expectancy and DFLE during the period maintained the occupational disparities in health; the years lived with disability, however, declined for all groups, as for the entire French population.