TY - JOUR
T1 - Socio-economic inequalities in health among older adults in two rural sub-districts in India and Bangladesh
T2 - a comparative cross-sectional study
AU - Rahman, Mijanur
AU - Khan, Hafiz T. A.
AU - Hafford-Letchfield, Trish
AU - Sultana, Ratna
PY - 2017/9/6
Y1 - 2017/9/6
N2 - Health inequalities have been observed among older people in many developing countries, particularly among those with least social protection and low socio-economic (SES) status. This study attempted to examine effects of SES on the health of older adults, and related gender differences, in two rural sub-districts - Matlab, Bangladesh and Vadu, India. The study utilised the WHO SAGE-INDEPTH Wave 1, 2007 Matlab, Bangladesh and Vadu, Pune District, India datasets. Both gender and SES indicators were strongly associated with all health indicators of older adults in the Bangladesh site, whereas in India, education and asset quintiles were not consistently associated with self-rated health, quality of life and functional ability score but gender was consistently associated with all health indicators except the quality of life score. The SES-health gradient was noticeably higher amongst older adults in Matlab, Bangladesh than in Vadu, India. Education was also found to be an important predictor of health outcome in both sites.
AB - Health inequalities have been observed among older people in many developing countries, particularly among those with least social protection and low socio-economic (SES) status. This study attempted to examine effects of SES on the health of older adults, and related gender differences, in two rural sub-districts - Matlab, Bangladesh and Vadu, India. The study utilised the WHO SAGE-INDEPTH Wave 1, 2007 Matlab, Bangladesh and Vadu, Pune District, India datasets. Both gender and SES indicators were strongly associated with all health indicators of older adults in the Bangladesh site, whereas in India, education and asset quintiles were not consistently associated with self-rated health, quality of life and functional ability score but gender was consistently associated with all health indicators except the quality of life score. The SES-health gradient was noticeably higher amongst older adults in Matlab, Bangladesh than in Vadu, India. Education was also found to be an important predictor of health outcome in both sites.
KW - socio-economic status
KW - health indicators
KW - older adults
KW - Bangladesh
KW - India
U2 - 10.1080/17441730.2017.1364461
DO - 10.1080/17441730.2017.1364461
M3 - Article
SN - 1744-1730
VL - 13
SP - 292
EP - 305
JO - Asian Population Studies
JF - Asian Population Studies
IS - 3
ER -