Socio-economic Conditions

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• The article says associations between socio-economic context and lifespan patterns cannot prove causal effects. — Socio-economic constraints to maximum human lifespan
• Country-specific anomalies are interpreted as evidence that maximum lifespan is sensitive to socio-economic and political conditions. — Socio-economic constraints to maximum human lifespan
• Environmental and institutional conditions are presented as affecting survival prospects among the oldest old. — Socio-economic constraints to maximum human lifespan
• The paper examines whether maximum lifespan increases depend on socio-economic capacity. — Socio-economic constraints to maximum human lifespan
• The implications section calls for decomposing socio-economic variables such as public health investment and wealth redistribution. — Socio-economic constraints to maximum human lifespan