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Parental education and adult mortality in Chile

Moisés Sandoval, Universidad de Chile
Cassio M. Turra, Demography Department, Cedeplar, UFMG
Luciana Luz, Cedeplar/Ufmg

This paper aims to examine how intergenerational transmission of education is associated with educational differences in adult and old-age mortality in Chile. Specifically, we investigate whether parental education is associated with the adult mortality of offspring and the extent to which family history (other SES measures and health factors) explains this association. We also hope to examine the effect of educational mobility on adult mortality. The data are of the panel type coming from the Survey of Social Protection EPS (wave 2004). We follow individuals from entry into the study in 2004 until the day of death or, alternatively, until December 31, 2016 (right censoring). We define six different Poisson regression models to measure the association between parental and individual education with adult mortality. The relative risk ratios indicate that 9-12 years of schooling is associated with 30% lower mortality rates than 0-4 years. The relative difference increase to 35% for 13+ years of education. In addition, the results show that differences in adult mortality by father's education are larger than mother's education (which is not statistically significant). In the fact, the father's education is as crucial as individual education.

Keywords: Mortality, Inequality, Intergenerational relations, Longevity

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  Presented in Session 122. Socioeconomic Inequality, Differentials and Mortality