年龄歧视,能力歧视及其交叉点:印度长度老龄化研究第1波的证据
1Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
International psychogeriatrics
|June 20, 2025
概括
印度对老年人的歧视,包括年龄歧视和能力歧视,受性别,年龄,教育,就业和健康等因素的影响. 较差的健康状况显著增加了经历年龄主义和能力主义的可能性.
科学领域:
- 老年学和社会科学 陈年学和社会科学
- 公共卫生研究 公共卫生研究
- 衰老的社会学 衰老的社会学
背景情况:
- 年龄歧视和能力歧视会对老年人的福祉和社会包容产生负面影响.
- 社会文化因素塑造了这些歧视,但它们在印度的研究不足.
- 了解这些问题对于为印度多元化的老年人群开发有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查印度老年人中年龄歧视,能力歧视及其交叉的流行情况.
- 确定与这些形式的歧视相关的社会人口统计学和健康相关因素.
- 应用累积优势/劣势理论来理解这些经验.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自印度长度衰老研究 (LASI) 第1波30728名社区老年人 (60岁以上) 的数据.
- 基于年龄歧视,能力歧视或两者的经历报告的参与者的分类.
- 用于识别关联因素的多项逻辑回归,以累积优势/劣势理论为指导.
主要成果:
- 权重的患病率:年龄歧视10.3%,能力歧视0.5%,两种情况均为0.4%.
- 男人报告了更多的能力主义和跨界歧视;年龄主义较少.
- 随着年龄的增长,教育水平的下降,失业和健康状况的恶化,歧视率也随之上升,尤其是对那些健康状况较差的人来说.
结论:
- 年龄歧视和能力歧视的经历是由个人和社会因素的复杂相互作用所塑造的.
- 这些发现强调了在干预设计中需要以个人为中心和交叉的方法.
- 有针对性的战略对于打击歧视和改善印度老年人的生活至关重要.
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