Life expectancy inequalities in the elderly by socioeconomic status: evidence from Italy

Table 2 Association between mortality risk and basic demographic characteristics

	Coefficient	Exp(coef)	S.E.	Pr(>\|z\|)
Female	−0.4769***	0.6207	0.0774	< 0.0001
Unmarried	0.2570**	1.2931	0.1127	0.02252
Separated	−0.0966	0.9079	0.2555	0.70528
Divorced	0.4272	1.5329	0.2662	0.10851
Widowed	0.1649*	1.1792	0.0878	0.06035
North-East	0.2150**	1.2398	0.0954	0.02418
North-West	0.2095**	1.2331	0.0914	0.02189
South & Islands	0.2177***	1.2432	0.0817	0.00769
White-collar employee	0.0433	1.0442	0.0954	0.65029
Self-employed craftsman	−0.4104***	0.6634	0.1197	0.00061
Self-employed shopkeeper	−0.8012***	0.4488	0.1357	< 0.0001
Farmer	−0.3800***	0.6839	0.0938	< 0.0001

Model 1
Reference categories are: “Male” for sex, “Married” for marital status, “Center” for geographical area of residence and “Blue-collar employee” for former occupational status. Significance legend: (***) = 99%; (**) = 95%; (*) = 90%. Source: elaborations on AD-SILC data

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