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Self-rated health among the elderly: Age, period, and cohort effects.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
正題名/作者:	Self-rated health among the elderly: Age, period, and cohort effects./
作者:	Hoyem, Ruby.
面頁冊數:	119 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-08A.
標題:	Gerontology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3417313
ISBN:	9781124143262

Self-rated health among the elderly: Age, period, and cohort effects.
Hoyem, Ruby.

Self-rated health among the elderly: Age, period, and cohort effects. - 119 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010.

Data from the National Long-Term Care Survey (N=24,800) was used to investigate the effects of age, period, and cohort on self-rated health among the elderly population during the period from 1982 to 2004. While individuals generally experience declines in physical health status with age, it is less well understood how perception of health changes over time. Previous research has examined age-related changes in self-rated health finding mixed results. However, less research has been done examining trends over different periods and across birth cohorts. Macro-level data was incorporated to assess the effects of cohort and period-level variables. Analyses use appropriate survey research methods for ordinal data. Models including only age, period, and cohort variables, models controlling for many individual-level covariates and their interactions with year of birth, and also models including macro-level variables are run. Across all analyses, findings include very weak or no age effects when cohort is controlled. A significant period effect indicates that health perceptions among the elderly are improving over time during this period. Also, a curvilinear cohort effect was found with both the earliest and latest cohorts perceiving their health the best. Analyses of interaction effects indicate that self-rated health among later cohorts maybe more sensitive to the presence of certain health conditions. Finally, macro-level analyses indicate that cohort-level and period-level changes in health-perception may be related to improvements in the overall socioeconomic standing for later cohorts and to shifting cultural and professional norms about ageing in the last few decades. Implications of this study relate to the importance of encouraging and supporting independent living among contemporary cohorts of older adults. Elderly people today have been culturally conditioned over their lifetimes to expect a higher living standard and more active lifestyle than previous cohorts and are likelier to experience poorer health perception when facing even mild health deficits.

ISBN: 9781124143262Subjects--Topical Terms:

168436
Gerontology.

Self-rated health among the elderly: Age, period, and cohort effects.
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