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Abstract: Reducing inequality is one of the current challenges that most societies are facing. Our aim was to analyze the evolution of inequalities in self-assessed health among older Europeans in a time period spanning the 2008 economic crisis and the COVID-19 health crisis. We used data from Waves 2, 4 and 8 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We used inequality indices that accept ordinal variables. Our empirical results suggest that average inequality declines over time. Gender significantly influences the results. Some of the countries with the highest level of inequality are Denmark and Sweden, and some with the lowest are Estonia and the Netherlands. Our results may be of interest for the development of public policies to reduce inequalities. Special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups, such as the elderly.
Fuente: Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(13), 7812
Publisher: MDPI
Publication date: 25/06/2022
No. of pages: 17
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137812
ISSN: 1661-7827,1660-4601
Publication Url: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/13/7812
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IRENE GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ
MARTA PASCUAL SAEZ
DAVID CANTARERO PRIETO
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