Self-perceived health status,gender, and work status |
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| Authors: | Lara Pino-Domínguez Patricia Navarro-Gil Abel E González-Vélez Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores Alba Ayala Fermina Rojo-Pérez |
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| Institution: | 1. Subdirection of Development and Care Quality, Cantabrian Health Service, Santander, Spainjforjaz@isciii.es;3. San Andrés Health Center, Madrid Health Service, Madrid, Spain;4. Colsanitas, International Sanitas Organization, Bogotá, Colombia;5. National University of Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain;6. National School of Public Health and REDISSEC, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;7. Center for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis study analyzes the relationship between gender and self-perceived health status in Spanish retirees and housewives from a sample of 1,106 community-dwelling older adults. A multivariate linear regression model was used in which self-perceived health status was measured by the EQ-5D visual analogue scale and gender according to work status (retired men and women and housewives). Retired males reported a significantly better health status than housewives. Self-perceived health status was closely associated with physical, mental, and functional health and leisure activities. Finally, being a woman with complete dedication to domestic work is associated with a worse state of self-perceived health. |
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| Keywords: | Gender leisure activities retirement self-perceived health status unpaid domestic work |
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