Educational Inequalities in Life and Healthy Life Expectancies among the 50-Plus in Spain
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Solé-Auró A, Martín U, Domínguez Rodríguez A. Educational Inequalities in Life and Healthy Life Expectancies among the 50-Plus in Spain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(10):3558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103558
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[Abstract] This study computes educational inequalities in life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), and unhealthy life expectancy (ULE) by gender and education level in Spain in 2012. Death registrations and vital status by level of education were obtained from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics. Health prevalences were estimated from the National Health Survey for Spain. We used Sullivan’s method to compute HLE, ULE, and the proportion of time lived with health problems. Our results reveal that Spanish women live longer than men in all education groups, but a higher proportion of women report poor health. We detect substantial differences in unhealthy life by gender and education, with higher effect for women and for those with low levels of education. Poor self-perceived health shows the largest educational gradient; chronic diseases present the lowest. This is the first work that provides evidence on health inequalities by education level in Spain. Our findings seem to be in line with reports of the smaller social inequalities experienced in Southern Europe and highlight the importance of education level on extending the proportion of years spent in good health in a Mediterranean country.
Palabras chave
Health inequalities
Educational inequalities
Life expectancy
Healthy life expectancy
Spain
Old people
Educational inequalities
Life expectancy
Healthy life expectancy
Spain
Old people
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Health Inequalities in Ageing Societies and the Impact on Ageing Well
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Atribución 3.0 España
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1660-4601