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    • Increased education levels were associated with greater decreases in physical impairment for women compared to men.
    • The gender gap in physical impairment was negligible among individuals with a college degree.
    • Latent growth SEM revealed no significant differences in life course patterns of physical impairment between college-educated men and women.

    Conclusions:

    • Education acts as a significant resource that improves health, with a more pronounced effect for women.
    • Higher education, specifically college graduation, effectively eliminates gender-based disparities in physical impairment.
    • The findings support the resource substitution theory and highlight education's role in promoting health equity.