Citation
Hummer, Robert A.; Rogers, Richard G.; & Eberstein, Isaac W. (1998). Sociodemographic Differentials in Adult Mortality: A Review of Analytic Approaches. Population and Development Review, 24(3), 553-578.Abstract
Sociodemographic differences in US adult mortality, although increasingly better documented, remain poorly understood. Differential mortality studies often adopt descriptive approaches that are narrow in scope and conceptually ambiguous. Following a discussion of the conventional approches used to analyze differentials in adult mortality, the authors pose a series of questions aimed at encouraging research on differential mortality along new, causally pertinent directions. These include the modeling of differential mortality in a proximate determinants perspective, the incorporation of time into differential mortality models, the inclusion of more refined outcome easures, and the use of a macro-level perspective to better understand mortality differentials. Examples of recent studies expanding in these directions are briefly described.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2808154Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
1998Journal Title
Population and Development ReviewAuthor(s)
Hummer, Robert A.Rogers, Richard G.
Eberstein, Isaac W.