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# Life expectancy by socio-economic position and diploma in France: the difference between executives and blue-collar workers remains stable

Nathalie Blanpain

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Nathalie Blanpain. Life expectancy by socio-economic position and diploma in France: the difference between executives and blue-collar workers remains stable. European Population Conference - EPC 2016, Sep 2016, mainz, Germany. hal-02150546

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# Life expectancy by socio-economic position and diploma in France : the difference between executives and blue-collar workers remains stable

Nathalie Blanpain, Insee

nathalie.blanpain@insee.fr

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## The data

EDP - Permanent demographic sample : French longitudinal data source on individuals

For a sample of individuals (those born in a fixed list of 4 or 16 days, regardless the year of birth), the EDP combines information from vital events registers and from the censuses since 1968.

Since 2004, the census is no more a comprehensive data source, but a compilation of surveys collected each year.

## The difference between executives and blue-collar workers remains stable since the end of the 70's

The difference in life expectancy at the age of 35 between executives and blue-collar workers is 6 years for men and 3 years for women in 2009-2013.

Social inequalities between executives and blue-collar workers remains stable since the end of the 70's.

Life expectancy of female manual workers is higher (0.8 year) than the male executives one.

### Life expectancy at age 35 by sex and socio-economic position

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## Women without a diploma live as long as men with a diploma above the bachelor's degree

Men without a diploma live on average 7 years less than men with a diploma above the bachelor's degree (the difference is 4.5 years for women).

Life expectancy at age 35 by sex and diploma

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## Methodology

We compute age specific mortality rates by socio-economic position and by diploma. Mortality rates are computed over a period of 9 years after each census : 1976-1984, 1983-1991, 1991-1999, 2000-2008.

For the last period, we use 9 census surveys (2004-2012) and 5 years to follow deaths (2009-2013). Mortality rates are smoothed and adjusted using the Brass method.

Mortality rates for men in 1976-1984

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Estimated logit based on baseline logit for men in 1976-1984

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## For men, an additional diploma leads to a longer life expectancy

All women who have a diploma have almost the same life expectancy, whatever the diploma is. Only those who have no diploma at all live shorter.

Life expectancy at age 35, by sex and diploma

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