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教育不平等在双重功能预期寿命中的教育不平等
Shawn Bauldry1,2, Patricia A Thomas1,2, Madison R Sauerteig-Rolston1,2
1Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
概括
学历水平显著影响老年人的双重功能. 那些受教育程度较低的人有较少的身体和认知功能,突出了健康衰老的差异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 衰老的社会学 衰老的社会学
背景情况:
- 双重功能,包括身体和认知健康,对于老年人独立生活和生活质量至关重要.
- 教育不平等越来越被认为是整个寿命健康结果的重要决定因素.
- 了解教育如何影响双重功能对于制定有针对性的干预和政策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在老年人中调查教育程度与双重功能之间的关联.
- 量化双重功能预期寿命中的教育差异.
- 检查这些教育不平等中的性别差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自健康和退休研究和国家健康访谈调查链接死亡档案的数据.
- 定义双重功能是日常生活活动和痴呆症中缺乏限制.
- 估计的年龄分级双重功能率和65岁的双重功能预期寿命,按教育水平和性别分层.
主要成果:
- 在60多岁中期,在67%没有高中学历的女性中观察到双重功能,而在90%以上的大学学历的女性中观察到双重功能;在男性中也观察到类似的模式.
- 这些教育差距持续到晚年,尽管随着年龄的增长,双重功能率下降.
- 与不到高中学历的人相比,拥有大学学位的人的双重功能预期寿命增加了6.7至7.3年.
结论:
- 较低教育程度的老年人,特别是女性,在剩余的岁月中花费的比例较小,具有双重功能.
- 这些发现强调了健康老龄化中的教育不平等.
- 这些差异对护理资源分配和对老龄化人口的医疗保健规划产生影响.
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