LIFE EXPECTANCY AND EDUCATION/MONTEZ AND ZAJACOVA RESPOND

We commend the call by Montez and Zajacova for a more balanced research approach to trends in mortality-by-education gradients in the United States.1 However, we are concerned that an attempt to force the inquiry into a dichotomy of "composition" versus "causation" may be counter...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 105; no. 1; p. E1
Main Authors:	Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Hamoudi, Amar, Montez, Jennifer Karas, Zajacova, Anna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington American Public Health Association 01-01-2015
Subjects:	Causality Consortia Correspondence Editors Education Epidemiology Life expectancy Mortality Public health Secondary schools Socioeconomic factors Sociology Trends White people United States > US
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Summary:	We commend the call by Montez and Zajacova for a more balanced research approach to trends in mortality-by-education gradients in the United States.1 However, we are concerned that an attempt to force the inquiry into a dichotomy of "composition" versus "causation" may be counterproductive to our shared mission of understanding social disparities in health.
ISSN:	0090-0036