Ageism, Healthy Life Expectancy and Population Ageing: How Are They Related?

ABSTRACT: Evidence shows that ageism negatively impacts the health of older adults. However, estimates of its prevalence are lacking. This study aimed to estimate the global prevalence of ageism towards older adults and to explore possible explanatory factors. Data were included from 57 countries that took part in Wave 6 of the World Values Survey. Multilevel Latent Class Analysis was performed to identify distinct classes of individuals and countries. Individuals were classified as having high, moderate or low ageist attitudes; and countries as being highly, moderately or minimally ageist, by aggregating individual responses. Individual-level (age, sex, education and wealth) and contextual-level factors (healthy life expectancy, population health status and proportion of the population aged over 60

SUBMITTER: Officer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246680 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature