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Table 8 Social class and life expectancy at 60 of simulated socioeconomic groups (95% confidence intervals in parentheses)

From: Life expectancy inequalities in the elderly by socioeconomic status: evidence from Italy

Social group

(LCI)

Life expectancy at 60

(UCI)

Difference from

CI

Italian life expectancy (2007)

“High” self-employed

(23.33)

24.87

(26.43)

3.08

[1.54] [4.64]

“High” farmers

(22.74)

24.35

(26)

2.56

[0.95] [4.21]

“High” employees

(21.67)

23.28

(24.99)

1.49

[−0.12] [3.2]

“Medium” self-employed

(21.93)

22.87

(23.76)

1.08

[0.14] [1.97]

“Medium” farmers

(21.3)

22.3

(23.29)

0.51

[−0.49] [1.5]

“Low” self-employed

(20.42)

21.57

(22.72)

−0.22

[−1.37] [0.93]

“Medium” employees

(20.34)

21.14

(21.19)

−0.65

[−1.45] [0.12]

“Low” farmers

(19.72)

20.98

(22.26)

−0.81

[−2.07] [0.47]

“Low” employees

(18.72)

19.76

(20.8)

−2.03

[−3.07] [−0.99]

  1. Categories of control variables are set as follows: male, married, resident in the center, old-age retired. Source: elaborations on AD-SILC data