title: A life course approach to mortality in Mexico.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Research on early life socioeconomic status (SES), education and mortality is less established in developing countries. This analysis aims to determine how SES and education are patterned across the life course and associated with adult mortality in Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data comes from 2001-2012 Mexican Health & Aging Study (Mexican adults age 50+, n= 11,222). Cox proportional hazard models predict mortality using baseline covariates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In unadjusted analyses, similar mortality was seen across levels of early life SES. Lower early life SES was associated with better survival after accounting for education in the younger cohort. Lower education was only associated with mortality in the younger cohort.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early life SES was associated with education but the relationship between education and mortality differed across cohorts in Mexico. Selective survival and differential returns to education may explain differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Estados Unidos de América.
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Saenz
authors.affiliation: Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Estados Unidos de América.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D000071421:Life History Traits; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012923:Social Class
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers