Effects of average education in the municipality on individual mortality, according to various models, among women and men aged 60–89 in 1981–2002 (ORs with 95% CIs)
| Women | Men | |
| Models of type 1† | ||
| A: Includes current average education among persons aged 60–89 in the current municipality of residence, individual education† and age, period and population size | 0.940** (0.928 to 0.952) | 0.955** (0.943 to 0.966) |
| B: As for A, but without population size | 1.039** (1.031 to 1.048) | 1.098** (1.090 to 1.107) |
| C: As for A, but average education at age 30–89 instead of 60–89 | 0.927** (0.916 to 0.939) | 0.959** (0.948 to 0.970) |
| Models of type 2 | ||
| K: Includes current average education among persons aged 60–89 in the current municipality of residence, individual education and age, period and municipality dummies | 0.946* (0.890 to 1.005) | 0.686** (0.648 to 0.725) |
| L: As for K, but average education at age 30–89 instead of 60–89 | 0.942 (0.877 to 1.012) | 0.731** (0.682 to 0.783) |
*p<0.10; **p<0.001.
↵† Effects of individual education: women: 1, 0.826, 0.782, 0.704, 0.688; men: 1, 0.836, 0.816, 0.693, 0.603.