Refining the association between education and health: The effects of quantity, credential, and selectivity

Ross, Catherine E.; Mirowsky, John

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Refining the association between education and health: The effects of quantity, credential, and selectivity

Ross, Catherine E., Mirowsky, John·1999·Demography

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We refine the established association between education and health by distinguishing three aspects of a person s education (quantity, credential, and selectivity) and by examining the mechanisms through which they may correlate with health. Data are from the 1995 Aging, Status, and the Sense of Control Survey, a representative U.S. national telephone survey of 2,593 respondents aged 18 to 95, with an oversample of elderly. Results show that physical functioning and perceived health increase significantly with years of formal education and with college selectivity for those with a bachelor s or higher degree, adjusting for age, sex, race, marital status, and parental education. The credential of a college degree has no net association with physical functioning and perceived health beyond the amount attributable to the additional years of schooling. Of the three aspects of education, years of schooling has the largest effect. Most of that association appears attributable to its correlation with work and economic conditions, social psychological resources, and health lifestyle. A large portion of the net association of college selectivity with physical functioning and perceived health appears attributable to health lifestyle.

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Ross and Mirowsky provide evidence that the effect of higher levels of education on health is mediated principally by its contents, including values and skills imparted, and far less by means of status markers such as the diploma or the prestige of the degree-granting institution.
“In a separate study, Ross and Mirowsky53 provide evidence that the effect of higher levels of education on health is mediated principally by its contents, including values and skills imparted, and far less by means of status markers such as the diploma or the prestige of the degree-granting institution.”
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Authors: Ross, C. E., & Mirowsky, J.
Affiliations: The Ohio State University (US)
ORCID: Ross, Catherine E.
Venue: Demography
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1999-11-01
Volume: 36
Issue: 4
Pages: 445-460
ISSN: 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
1533-7790
DOI: 10.2307/2648083
OpenAlex: W2009316751
Cited by: 562
References: 101
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 28 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 29
FWCI: 4.04
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Demography (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Institute on Aging (R01AG012393, R01-AG12393)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Keywords: education and health, years of schooling, college selectivity, physical function, health perception, health lifestyle, older adults
MeSH terms: Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Education, Educational Status, Employment, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Socioeconomic Factors, Time Factors, United States, Models, Statistical, Multivariate Analysis, Linear Models, Models, Educational

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