Health inequalities in old age: the relative contribution of material, behavioral and psychosocial factors in a German sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whereas the association between education and health in later life is well described, investigations about the underlying mechanisms of these health inequalities are scarce. This study examines the relative contribution of material, behavioral and psychosocial factors to health inequalities in older Germans.

Methods

Data were drawn from the fifth wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analytic sample included 3246 participants aged 60-85 years. We examined the independent and indirect contribution of material, behavioral and psychosocial factors to the association between education and self-rated health based on logistic regression models.

Results

Material factors were most important as they were additionally working thro

SUBMITTER: Schmitz AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6166580 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature