教育成就和自我评估健康的性别特异性趋势,1972-2018年
Joseph T Lariscy1, Israt Jahan2
1Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Biodemography and social biology
|January 8, 2025
概括
几十年来,教育水平一直在上升,但自2000年以后,男性和女性的自我评估健康状况下降. 这项研究分析了美国人口健康的这些分歧趋势.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 自我评估的健康 (SRH) 和教育程度 (EA) 是人口健康的关键指标.
- 过去的研究表明,EA和SRH之间存在积极的关联.
- 最近的趋势显示,美国人口健康状况停滞或下降,需要更新分析.
研究的目的:
- 检查1972-2018年美国SRH和EA的性别特异性趋势.
- 调查教育改进如何影响SRH趋势.
- 要确定EA-SRH协会是否因性别而有所不同.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自一般社会调查 (1972-2018) 的纵向数据.
- 分析了自我评估健康和教育成就的趋势.
- 进行性别特异性分析以比较关联.
主要成果:
- 男人和女人的教育水平一直在不断提高.
- 自我评估的健康趋势显示出非线性模式,与教育成绩有所不同.
- 在女性中,SRH与EA一起增加到2000年,然后下降. 男性的SRH波动到2000年,然后下降.
- 教育和SRH之间的关联在男性中不如女性那么稳定.
结论:
- 尽管教育水平不断提高,但近几十年来,美国人口的健康状况,特别是自我评估的健康状况,一直在下降.
- 教育和健康之间的积极联系已经减弱,特别是在2000年后的女性和2000年后的男性中.
- 调查结果强调了教育进步和健康状况之间存在着令人担忧的差异,强调了进一步调查人口健康状况下降的必要性.
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