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Session 87:
Sex Differentials

Saturday, July 12
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Montblanc
Chair: Rosa Gomez-Redondo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

1.  Gender differences in trajectories of health limitations in Germany between 1995 and 2001. A study based on the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP).  •  Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Rasmus Hoffmann, University of Rostock

2.  The sterner sex, the weaker sex. Two patterns of excess male mortality  •  Agnieszka Fihel, University of Warsaw; Institut National d’études Démographiques

3.  Factors associated with gender differentials in self-reported health and activities of daily living in the Former Communist Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union  •  Michael Murphy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Martin Bobak, University College London; Richard Rose, University of Aberdeen; Michael Marmot, University College London

4.  Trends in the male-female life expectancy gap in the United States in the second half of the XXth Century  •  Magdalena Muszynska, Duke University; Roland Rau, University of Rostock

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