Karas Montez study on educational disparities, mortality published

Jan 11, 2019

Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s?

Jennifer Karas Montez, Anna Zajacova, Mark D. Hayward, Steven H. Woolf, Derek Chapman & Jason Beckfield

Demography, January 2019

Jennifer Karas Montez

Sociology Department

Aging Studies Institute

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Education

Longevity

Demography

Jennifer Karas Montez

A new study co-authored by Jennifer Karas Montez, Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies, was published in Demography. The study, "Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s?," expands knowledge about educational disparities and their growth by examining them at the U.S. state level. As the first study with this focus, it provides new information about how the disparities vary across the country. 01/11/19