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Why Do Females Live Longer Than Males?

Lemaire, Jean·2002·North American Actuarial Journal
DOI 10.1080/10920277.2002.10596061
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In most countries, females live several years longer than males. Many biological and behavioral reasons have been presented in the scientific literature to explain this “female advantage.” A cross-sectional regression study, using 45 explanatory variables and data collected from 169 countries, provides support to the behavioral hypothesis. Four variables, unrelated to biological sex differences, explain over 61% of the variability of the life expectancy differential. One variable (the number of persons per physician) summarizes the degree of economic development of a country. The three other selected variables (the fertility rate, the percentage of Hindus and Buddhists, and Europeans countries of the former Soviet Union) are social/cultural/religious variables. This conclusion is slightly weakened when the presence of spatial autocorrelation in the data is specifically acknowledged.

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Authors
Lemaire, J.
Venue
North American Actuarial Journal
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2002-10
Volume
6
Issue
4
Pages
21-37
ISSN
  • 1092-0277
  • 2325-0453
DOI
10.1080/10920277.2002.10596061
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17
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Language
en

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