?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14489%2F&rft.title=Gender+Inequality+in+Survival+at+Older+Ages&rft.creator=Sanderson%2C+W.&rft.creator=Scherbov%2C+S.&rft.description=Gender+gaps+are+typically+measured+by+subtracting+the+survival+rates+for+women+from+that+of+men.+In+most+countries+and+at+most+ages%2C+these+gender+gaps+indicate+a+survival+rate+disadvantage+for+men.+This+method+is+not+informative+because+it+is+unclear+whether+larger+or+smaller+gaps+would+be+more+equitable.+Here+we+reconceptualize+the+gender+gap+in+survival+based+on+differences+from+gender-specific+best+practice+rates+and+express+those+gender+gaps+in+the+metric+years+of+age.+If+the+age-specific+survival+rates+for+women+in+a+particular+country+are+farther+behind+the+best-practice+survival+rates+for+women+than+the+survival+rates+for+men+are+behind+their+best-practice+rates%2C+then+there+is+a+gender+gap+to+the+disadvantage+of+women.+This+facilitates+the+analysis+of+gender+gaps+over+ages%2C+time+periods+and+countries.+We+find+that+there+has+not+generally+been+a+trend+toward+gender+equality+in+survival+when+measured+relative+to+gender-specific+best+practice.+In+some+countries%2C+gender+gaps+in+survival+to+the+disadvantage+of+women+existed+in+1960+and+have+even+grown+larger+over+time.+In+the+UK%2C+gender+gaps+to+the+disadvantage+of+men+in+1960+evolved+into+gender+gaps+to+the+disadvantage+of+women+by+2010.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+methodology+employed+here+can+be+applied+to+quantify+gender+gaps+in+a+variety+of+variables+and+help+in+the+formulation+of+healthcare+policies.&rft.publisher=WP-17-002&rft.date=2017-03-21&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14489%2F1%2FWP-17-002.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sanderson%2C+W.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F265.html%3E+%26+Scherbov%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F270.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-0881-1073+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-0881-1073%3E++(2017).++Gender+Inequality+in+Survival+at+Older+Ages.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-17-002+++++