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Survivorship Gap Gender

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(3a) From Figure 1, we can clearly see a distinct separation in the survivorship curves between males and females of the post-1950 population at around age 51, where females show higher rates of survivorship than males; however, this obvious sex gap does not occur in a pre-1910 comparison of gender mortality. Instead, the pre-1910 survivor ship curves for both genders begin to oscillates near similar survivorship values at age 31, which could be the result of environmental variation during that time period. Nonetheless, the maximum longevity of women surpasses that of men in both populations. (3b) Studies have shown the effects of social relations on psychological wellbeing, where high quality relationships between individuals decrease the

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