Gender inequality in health among elderly people in a combined framework of socioeconomic position, family characteristics and social support
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- dc.contributor.author Rueda Pozo, Silviaca
- dc.contributor.author Artazcoz Lazcano, Lucía, 1963-ca
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabraca
- dc.date.accessioned 2012-02-09T12:07:07Z
- dc.date.available 2012-02-09T12:07:07Z
- dc.date.issued 2009ca
- dc.description.abstract This study analyses gender inequalities in health among elderly people in Catalonia (Spain) by adopting a conceptual framework that globally considers three dimensions of health determinants : socio-economic position, family characteristics and social support. Data came from the 2006 Catalonian Health Survey. For the purposes of this study a sub-sample of people aged 65–85 years with no paid job was selected (1,113 men and 1,484 women). The health outcomes analysed were self-perceived health status, poor mental health status and long-standing limiting illness. Multiple logistic regression models separated by sex were fitted and a hierarchical model was fitted in three steps. Health status among elderly women was poorer than among the men for the three outcomes analysed. Whereas living with disabled people was positively related to the three health outcomes and confidant social support was negatively associated with all of them in both sexes, there were gender differences in other social determinants of health. Our results emphasise the importance of using an integrated approach for the analysis of health inequalities among elderly people, simultaneously considering socio-economic position, family characteristics and social support, as well as different health indicators, in order fully to understand the social determinants of the health status of older men and women.en
- dc.description.sponsorship The study was partially financed by Pompeu Fabra University (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and the Barcelona Public Health Agency (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona).en
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- dc.identifier.citation Rueda S, Artazcoz L. Gender inequality in health among elderly people in a combined framework of socioeconomic position, family characteristics and social support . Ageing and Society. 2009; 29: 625-647. DOI 10.1017/S0144686X08008349ca
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X08008349
- dc.identifier.issn 0144-686Xca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/16215
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.publisher Cambridge University Pressca
- dc.relation.ispartof Ageing and Society. 2009;29:625-47
- dc.rights (c) Cambridge University Press. The published version of the article: Rueda S, Artazcoz L. Gender inequality in health among elderly people in a combined framework of socioeconomic position, family characteristics and social support . Ageing and Society. 2009; 29: 625-647, is available at http://journals.cambridge.orgca
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- dc.subject.keyword Genderen
- dc.subject.keyword Inequalitiesen
- dc.subject.keyword Elderlyen
- dc.subject.keyword Socio-economic factorsen
- dc.subject.keyword Family characteristicsen
- dc.subject.keyword Social supporten
- dc.subject.other Salut pública -- Aspectes socials -- Catalunyaca
- dc.subject.other Igualtat -- Aspectes sanitaris -- Catalunyaca
- dc.subject.other Vells -- Aspectes socials -- Catalunyaca
- dc.title Gender inequality in health among elderly people in a combined framework of socioeconomic position, family characteristics and social supportca
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