Looking across many diseases, average health among mature men is much worse in America compared to England. Second …, there exists a steep negative health gradient for men in both countries where men at the bottom of the economic hierarchy … are in much worse health than those at the top. This health gradient exists whether education, income, or financial wealth …

In this paper, we investigate the issue of partner selection in the health of individuals who are at least fifty years … education of partners and their parents. Adult health behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and exercise are more positively … associated in England compared to the United States. Childhood health indicators are also positively associated across partners …

In this paper we examine the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of … Health and Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing - nationally representative surveys of the age 50 … plus population in America and England respectively. We show that the origins of poorer adult health among older Americans …