Rahman, Mijanur, Khan, Hafiz T.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1817-3730, Hafford-Letchfield, Trish and Sultana, Ratna (2017) Socio-economic inequalities in health among older adults in two rural sub-districts in India and Bangladesh: a comparative cross-sectional study. Asian Population Studies, 13 (3). pp. 292-305. ISSN 1744-1730

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Abstract

Health inequalities in health have been observed amongst older people in many developing countries, particularly among those with least social protection and low socio-economic (SES) status. This study attempted to examine effects of SES on the health of older adults, and related gender differences, in two rural sub-districts - Matlab, Bangladesh and Vadu, India. The study utiliszed the WHO SAGE-INDEPTH Wave 1, 2007 Matlab, Bangladesh and Vadu, Pune District, India datasets. Both gender and SES indicators were strongly associated with all health indicators of older adults in the Bangladesh site, whereas in India, education and asset quintiles were not consistently associated with a self-rated health, quality of life and functional ability score but gender was consistently associated with all health indicators except the quality of life score. The SES-health gradient was noticeably higher amongst older adults in Matlab, Bangladesh than in Vadu, India. Education was also found to be an important predictor of health outcome in both sites.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1080/17441730.2017.1364461
Additional Information:	© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Asian Population Studies on 06/09/2017, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17441730.2017.1364461.
Keywords:	Socio-economic status, health indicators, older adults, Bangladesh, India
Subjects:	Medicine and health > Health promotion and public health Medicine and health > Health promotion and public health > Healthcare education Social sciences > Social work
Depositing User:	Hafiz T.A. Khan
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2017 09:45
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 15:52
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3415

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