Healthy minds in healthy bodies. An international comparison of education-related inequality in physical health among older adults.

Autor/in	Jürges, Hendrik
Institution	Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging
Titel	Healthy minds in healthy bodies. An international comparison of education-related inequality in physical health among older adults. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Eine gesunde Seele in einem gesunden Körper. Ein internationaler Vergleich von bildungsbezogenen Ungleichheiten der physischen Gesundheit bei älteren Erwachsenen.
Quelle	Mannheim (2007), 26 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion Paper / Mannheimer Forschungsinstitut Ökonomie und Demographischer Wandel (MEA). 141
Beigaben	Tabellen 4; grafische Darstellungen 6
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Körperliche Entwicklung; Gesundheit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitsverhalten; Einkommensunterschied; Einkommen; Erwachsenenalter; Auswirkung; Gesundheitsversorgung; Alter Mensch; Erwachsener; Europa; Nordamerika
Abstract	"Education is arguably the most important correlate of health. The authors study education-related inequality in the physical of older adults across 11 European countries and the US. Combining data from HRS 2002, ELSA 2002 and SHARE 2004, the results suggest that education is strongly correlated with health both across and within countries. Education-related inequality in health is larger in Mediterranean and Anglo-Saxon countries than in western European countries. The authors find no evidence of a trade-off between health levels and equity in health. Education-related inequality in health hardly driven by income or wealth effects (except in the US), and differences in health behaviors (smoking) by education level contribute surprisingly little health differences across education groups." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2008/1