Socioeconomic differences in working life expectancy: a scoping review

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Influence of WLE operationalization on educational differences in WLE among men and women. Mean and median relative difference (share of remaining working life)

		Men		Women
Definition of WLE	Population	Mean (%)	Median (%)	Mean (%)	Median (%)
All combined	Total	30	27	27	22
Economic activity expectancy
	Total	38	38	41	42
	General population	35	37	34	31
	Initially active^a	48	49	47	47
	Initially inactive^b	38	32	50	46
Employment expectancy
	Total	24	21	20	20
	General population	23	19	21	20
	Initially active			14	15
	Initially inactive			18	17
	Initially employed	26	27	30	28
Productive work expectancy	Total	11	17	18	23
	Initially employed	14	17	24	23

^aInitially economically active (employed or unemployed)
^bInitially economically inactive (retired, studied or those in household and care activities)

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