Contribution of chronic diseases to educational disparity in disability in France: results from the cross-sectional "disability-health" survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed 1) to assess whether the contribution of chronic conditions to disability varies according to the educational attainment, 2) to disentangle the contributions of the prevalence and of the disabling impact of chronic conditions to educational disparities.

Methods

Data of the 2008-09 Disability Health Survey were examined (N = 23,348). The disability indicator was the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI). The attribution method based on an additive hazard model was used to estimate educational differences in disabling impacts and in the contributions of diseases to disability. Counterfactual analyses were used to disentangle the contribution of differences in disease prevalence vs. disabling impact.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Palazzo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330417 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature