Educational Attainment, Geography, and U.S. Adult Mortality Risk Supplement to Parent award R01AG055481

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Karas Montez

Active Dates: 2020 – 2021

Funding Source: NIH-NIA

Description:

Extending the Parent Grant to include a Focus on Maternal Morbidity of Older Mothers

Parent award – The goals of this study are to (a) contribute to fundamental knowledge about how and why educational disparities in adult mortality differ across U.S. states, and (b) identify policies and strategies that states might implement to reduce these disparities and improve older adult longevity.