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Regional and social variations in disability-free life expectancy in Great Britain

Bebbington, Andrew (1993) Regional and social variations in disability-free life expectancy in Great Britain. In: Robine, Jean-Marie and Mathers, Colin D. and Bone, Margaret R. and Romieu, Isabelle, eds. Calculation of Health Expectancies: Harmonization, Consensuses Achieved and Future Perspectives, Vol. 226. Colloque, INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext Ltd, Montrouge, France, pp. 175-191. ISBN n.a.. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:26406)

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Abstract

<p>This paper reports findings about inequalities in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE)in Great Britain in the 1980's, comparing social groups defined in terms of social class and area of residence. Previous research has shown that there exist considerable inequalities both in expectation of life and in healthiness. Calculations in this paper show that the combined effect of these is that variations in disability free life expectancy follow a similar pattern to variations in expectation of life, but the differences are more exaggerated. The result is to give four or more years extra healthy life to people living in the south-east of England compared with the north, and as much as nine years more healthy life to men in the top as compared with the bottom social classes.

Item Type: Book section
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: R. Bass
Date Deposited: 20 May 2011 14:27 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/26406 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Bebbington, Andrew.

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