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Healthier, Wealthier, and Wiser: A Demonstration of Compositional Changes in Aging Cohorts Due to Selective Mortality
2013
Population: Research and Policy Review
Understanding the gradual changes in cohort composition that occur as a result of selective mortality is critical to aging research. We present a straightforward illustration of changes in the distribution of cohort characteristics that arise purely as a result of selective attrition. We use data on health, wealth, and education from 10 waves of the Health and Retirement Survey (N=16,233). Utilizing only baseline information, we calculate sample statistics but include only respondents who
doi:10.1007/s11113-013-9273-x
pmid:25075152
pmcid:PMC4112120
fatcat:boow62xklvh3zkz5etjm7bqopm