【摘要】 本文考察了中国知识分子的平均预期寿命,挑战了广为流行的观点。本文首先解释“死亡人口平均年龄”与“平均预期寿命”指标的概念和差异;然后使用2004年在中科院18个研究所以及北京大学、清华大学共20个单位调查的死亡人口资料,检验“知识分子死亡平均年龄下降趋势”的可信性;并利用全国第四次和第五次人口普查的权威数据,计算受过本科以上教育人群的生命表和“平均预期寿命”,得出中国知识分子预期寿命大大高于普通人群的结论,推翻了“中国知识分子预期寿命比全国平均寿命低17岁”这个流传广泛且被反复引用的错误结论。更多还原

【Abstract】 This article examines health and longevity of Chinese intellectuals using data on deaths collected from 20 universities and research institutes in Beijing and data from the 1990 and 2000 population census of China. Distinction is made between the measures “Mean age at death" and “Life expectancy at birth", and the reliability of the “declining trend in mean age at death for the intellectuals" is tested. Finally life tables are calculated for different educational groups, demonstrating that Chinese intellectuals enjoy a much higher life expectancy at birth than the general population, leading to rejection of a widespread, frequently cited but mistaken conclusion that “Chinese intellectuals have a life expectancy at birth that is 17 years lower than the country’s average".更多还原