Demographic and economic correlates of health in old age
Demographic and economic correlates of health in old age
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DOI：
10.2307/2061665
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发表时间：
1997-02-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Kington, R
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作者：
Smith, JP;Kington, R
在这篇文章中，我们研究了美国老年人之间的功能差异。我们特别强调两个目标。(1)理解数量上巨大的社会经济地位-健康梯度，以及（2）健康结果的长期持续性。我们发现，存在着强烈的同期和长期的反馈，从健康到经济状况。根据这些反馈，必须区分家庭中的其他收入来源和收入接受者。这项研究还表明，老年人的健康结果受到过去、现在和未来几代亲属的健康属性的影响。最后，我们发现，他们之间存在的人口和经济差异解释了种族和民族的功能性健康差异，但不是性别。
In this paper we examine disparities irt the ability to function among older Americans. We place special emphasis on two goals. (1) understanding the quantitatively large socioeconomic status-health gradient, and (2) the persistence in health outcomes over long periods. We find that there exist strong contemporaneous and long-run feedbacks from health to economic status. In light of these feedbacks, it is important to distinguish among alternative sources of income and the recipient of income in the household. This research also demonstrates that health outcomes at old age are influenced by health attributes of past, concurrent, and future generations of relatives. Finally, we find that the demographic and economic differences that exist among them explain functional health disparities by race and ethnicity, but not by gender.