The gender health gap in Europe’s ageing societies: universal findings across countries and age groups?
| Autor: | Patrick Lazarevič, Alina Schmitz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Cross-country comparison Group comparison 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 5. Gender equality Age groups 030502 gerontology medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 10. No inequality Health inequalities Depression (differential diagnoses) Original Investigation Public health 1. No poverty Health indicator 3. Good health Disadvantaged Linear probability Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Ageing Age differences Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science Psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Ageing |
| ISSN: | 1613-9380 1613-9372 |
| Popis: | We provide a systematic country and age group comparison of the gender gap in several generic health indicators and more specific morbidity outcomes. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE), we examined the gender gap in the prevalence of poor self-rated health, chronic health conditions, activity limitations, multimorbidity, pain, heart attacks, diabetes, and depression in three age groups (50–64, 65–79, and 80+) based on linear probability models with and without adjustment for covariates. While women were typically disadvantaged regarding poor self-rated health, chronic health conditions, activity limitations, multimorbidity, pain, and depression, men had a higher prevalence of heart attacks and diabetes. However, the gender gap’s magnitude and sometimes even its direction varied considerably with some age trends apparent. Regarding some health indicators, the gender gap tended to be higher in Southern and Eastern Europe than in Western and Northern Europe. All in all, the presence of a gender health gap cannot be regarded as a universal finding as the gap tended to widen, narrow or even reverse with age depending on the indicator and country. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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