CIECS   20730
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SOBRE CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported health and physical functioning in Argentina: findings from the national survey on quality of life of older adults 2012 (ENCaViAM)
Autor/es:
COLANTONIO, SONIA EDITH; CELTON, DORA; RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ, SANTIAGO
Revista:
JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE
Editorial:
Cambridge University Press
Referencias:
Año: 2017 vol. 49 p. 597 - 610
ISSN:
0021-9320
Resumen:
This study aimed to evaluate educational and income inequalities in self-reported health (SRH), and physical functioning (limitations in Activities of Daily Living (ADL)/Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)), among 60 year old and older adults. Using cross-sectional data from the Argentinean National Survey on Quality of Life of Older Adults 2012 (?Encuesta Nacional sobre Calidad de Vida de Adultos Mayores?, ENCaViAM), gender-specific socioeconomic inequalities in SRH, ADL and IADL limitations were studied in relation to both educational level and household per-capita income. The Relative Index of Inequality - an index to summarize the relative size of socioeconomic inequalities in health - was used. Findings reported socioeconomic inequalities in the studied health indicators - except for limitations in ADL among women - favouring socially advantaged groups. Results remained largely significant after full-adjustment, suggesting that educational and income inequalities ? mainly in SRH and IADL ? were robust and somehow independent of age, marital status, physical activity, of the use of several medications, depression, and the occurrence of falls. Findings of the present study contribute to the existing knowledge on the relative size of socioeconomic inequalities in subjective health indicators in detriment of lower socioeconomic groups among Argentinean older adults. Results might be of interest for planning interventions leading to narrowing the existing gap in socioeconomic inequalities in health that could especially benefit socially disadvantaged adults.