Study reveals impact of socioeconomic factors on the racial gap in life expectancy
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 07:31
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Differences in factors such as income, education and marital status could contribute overwhelmingly to the gap in life expectancy between blacks and whites in the United States, according to one of the first studies to put a number on how much of the divide can be attributed to disparities in socioeconomic characteristics.