People with Higher Education Live Longer and With Less Morbidity
A study done by researchers at
University of Geneva has found that life expectancy along with quality of life
will improve with increase in education.
Those who only attended
compulsory schooling also lived longer but in poor health. Between 1990 and
2015, the life expectancy of Swiss men rose from 78 to 82 years, while for
Swiss women it increased from 83 to 86 years. But are these additional years of
life spent in good health or do they only prolong the development of morbidity?
“The principle of morbidity expansion means that, yes, life expectancy is on
the rise, but that these same individuals are spending more years in poor
health before they finally die”, explains Adrien Remund, a researcher at the
Institute of Demography and Socioeconomics in UNIGE’s Faculty of Social
Sciences (SDS), and first author of the study.
The study assessesed the
educational levels of the Swiss population on the socio-economic factor of
education depending on whether they completed compulsory, secondary or
teritiary studies. According to Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and
Development (OECD), people with compulsory and tertiary education differ in
their socio-economic inequalities. Lower income may force people to put off
regular checkups or avoid screenings as they are costly and not covered by
health insurance.
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