Until death do us part. The influence of own and partner's socioeconomic status on the health of spanish middle-aged population

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• dc.contributor.author Gumà, Jordi
• dc.contributor.author Spijker, Jeroen
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-15T07:06:36Z
• dc.date.available 2022-11-15T07:06:36Z
• dc.date.issued 2020
• dc.description.abstract Objectives: To explore whether the influence of a partner’s socioeconomic status (SES) on health has an additive or a combined effect with the ego’s SES. Methods: With data on 4533 middle-aged (30–59) different-sex couples from the 2012 Spanish sample of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) survey, we apply separate sex-specific logistic regression models to calculate predicted probabilities of having less than good self-perceived health according to individual and partner’s characteristics separately and combined. Results: Both approaches led to similar results: Having a partner with better SES reduces the probabilities of not having good health. However, the combined approach is more precise in disentangling SES effects. For instance, having a higher educated partner only benefits health among Spanish low-educated men, while men’s health is worse if they have a working spouse. Conversely, women’s health is positively influenced if at least one couple member is economically active. Conclusions: There are significant health differences between individuals according to their own and their partner’s SES in an apparently advantageous population group (i.e., individuals living with a partner). The combinative approach permits obtaining more precise couple-specific SES profiles.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work is part of the project “Prevention is better than cure when ageing is behind the door: interplay between social determinants of health in Spain (INTERSOC-HEALTH)” (RTI2018-099875-J-I00 -MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE- PI: Jordi Gumà) funded by the FEDER/Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and University/Spanish Agency of Research. Jeroen Spijker received financial support for this research from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the programmes “Ramón y Cajal” (RYC-2013-14851). The research is also framed within the RecerCaixa project “Anàlisi demogràfica a les desigualtats socio-econòmiques de la salut a Catalunya en el context de la darrera crisi econòmica: gènere, generació i territory” (LCF/PR/RC15/50090006-PI: Jeroen Spijker).
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• dc.identifier.citation Gumà J, Spijker J. Until death do us part. The influence of own and partner's socioeconomic status on the health of Spanish middle-aged population. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 1;17(13):4644. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17134644
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134644
• dc.identifier.issn 1660-4601
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54842
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher MDPI
• dc.relation.ispartof International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Jul 1;17(13):4644
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/RTI2018-099875-J-I00
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• dc.subject.keyword Partner
• dc.subject.keyword Self-reported health
• dc.subject.keyword Socio-economic status
• dc.subject.keyword Sex differences
• dc.subject.keyword EU-SILC
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.title Until death do us part. The influence of own and partner's socioeconomic status on the health of spanish middle-aged population
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