Age and cohort trajectories of gender inequality in health among elderly people in China

Using a multistate model, this article examines gender gap and its trend in health transition, life expectancy (LE), and active life expectancy (ALE) in different age groups and birth cohorts. The transition rate from life independence/disability to death for elderly women is lower than for elderly...

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Published inJournal of women & aging Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 247 - 267
Main Authors Jiao, Kaishan, Liu, Meng, Xu, Mengjia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Routledge 04.05.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Active life expectancy
Age
Age groups
Birth
cohort
Disability
disabled life expectancy
Gender
Gender inequality
Health care
Health care policy
Health services
Life expectancy
Life span
Life transitions
Nurses
Older people
China
life expectancy
birth
cohort
disabled life expectancy
age
Active life expectancy
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Summary:Using a multistate model, this article examines gender gap and its trend in health transition, life expectancy (LE), and active life expectancy (ALE) in different age groups and birth cohorts. The transition rate from life independence/disability to death for elderly women is lower than for elderly men. However, their disability rate is higher. The gender gap in LE, ALE, and DLE (disabled life expectancy) declines as age increases. In successive birth cohorts, men's LE increases more, and gender gaps in LE and ALE decrease over time. In the future, gender issues should be considered for health-care policy to provide nursing care for elderly women in China.
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ISSN:0895-2841
1540-7322
DOI:10.1080/08952841.2019.1686325