Health, dependency and caregiving: barriers to economic activity among individuals aged 50 to 69 years in Mexico.

In Mexico, the economically active population aged over 50 years has been increasing in recent years. Due to their age, these workers may experience health deterioration and require some form of care. However, only formal employment is associated with better access to health services and pensions.

Decomposition of life expectancy differentials with (and without) conditions by educational attainment for major groups of causes in contemporary Spain: where is the advantage?

Introduction: Healthy life expectancy is higher among individuals with higher socioeconomic standing. However, it is unclear whether such advantage is attributable to longer (i.e.

Assessing the impact of caregiving for older parents on caregivers' health: Initial health status and trajectories of physical and mental health among midlife caregivers for parents and parents-in-law in Britain.

Assessing the impact of caregiving for older parents on caregivers' health is increasingly important in the context of population changes and curtailment of state provided services. This has been extensively studied but results are inconsistent, possibly reflecting a lack of attention to health-related selection into the caregiver role. We use data from a nationally representative UK longitudinal study to analyse differences in the health of people aged 40-69 at baseline by whether they were 'eligible' to provide parent care (with a living parent/parent-in-law) and by whether they subsequently assumed a caregiver role.

Cared and uncared populations: understanding unmet care needs of older adults (65+) across different social care systems in Europe.

Population care needs are dynamic. They change throughout individuals' life courses and are related to the population structure. These needs are particularly demanding during population ageing and may vary depending on how societies cope with them.

Corrigendum: Gender Gap in Unhealthy Life Expectancy: The Role of Education Among Adults Aged 45.

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Gender Gap in Unhealthy Life Expectancy: The Role of Education Among Adults Aged 45.

This paper examines the gender gap in unhealthy life expectancy across education levels and age in Spain to understand the extent to which the gender paradox exists over education and across ages. Death registrations and vital status were taken from the Spanish Statistical Office, while the three health measures (chronic conditions, bad-self rated health and cognitive impairment) from the 2019 European Health Interview Survey. We used Sullivan's method to compute unhealthy life expectancy by education level.

Macro-level factors explaining inequalities in expected years lived free of and with chronic conditions across Spanish regions and over time (2006-2019).

Life expectancy has long been associated with macro-level factors, including health expenditures, but little research has focused on the relationship with morbidity measures. This paper examines the relationship between the expected years lived free of and with chronic conditions (YLFCC and YLCC) at age 50 and macroeconomic and social factors including, for the first time, several indicators of public health expenditure. We calculate YLFCC and YLCC for Spanish regions using the Sullivan method over a long period of time (2006-2019).

[Household structure of older persons in Latin America and the CaribbeanA estrutura de moradia de idosos na América Latina e no Caribe].

Objective: Analyze cohabitation patterns in the population over 60 years of age living in private households in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Methods: Cross-sectional study based on the most recently available census microdata from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS, International), corresponding mainly to the 2010 census. Average number of household members, age distribution, and family relationships were calculated and compared for each country and by sex.

Correction: Trends in disease-free life expectancy at age 65 in Spain: Diverging patterns by sex, region and disease.

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Trends in disease-free life expectancy at age 65 in Spain: Diverging patterns by sex, region and disease.

Life expectancy in Spain is among the highest in the world. Nevertheless, we do not know if improvements in health conditions at older ages have followed postponements of death. Previous studies in Spain show a stable trend in years lived in ill health in the past.

Marital status, living arrangements, and mortality in middle and older age in Europe.

Objectives: We study the role of marital status and living arrangements in mortality among a 50+ population living in Europe by gender and welfare states.

Methods: Using data from waves 4, 5, and 6 of the Survey of Health Age and Retirement in Europe (n = 54,171), we implemented Cox proportional hazard models by gender and age groups (50-64 and 65-84). We estimated pooled models and separated models for two regions representing different welfare states (South-East and North-West).

[Socioeconomic health inequalities in the Catalan population aged 50+ during the last economic crisis].

Objective: The short- and medium-term consequences of the economic crisis since 2008 has become a cause of concern for population health. The study's objective was to analyse health inequalities according to the socioeconomic profile of the Catalan population aged 50 year and older.

Methods: Cross-sectional study using data from the Catalan Health Survey (ESCA) for the periods 2006 (N=6667), 2010-12 (N=4458) y 2013-15 (N=5469).

[The changing profile of caregivers of persons aged 65 years and over with disabilities within a persisting family care model].

Introduction: The increasing participation of women in the workforce may make it difficult to sustain the current model of elderly care. The aim of this article was to determine the changing sociodemographic profile of informal elderly caregivers with disabilities, the interaction between employment and care, and the view of the public on the responsibility of that care.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of secondary data from four national surveys were used: the disability surveys held in 1999 (N=3,936) and 2008 (N=5,257), the 2011-12 National Health Survey (N=439), and the Family and Gender survey of 2012 (N=1,359).

[Living arrangements of elderly adults in Catalonia (Spain). The impact of health deterioration on residential independence].

Objectives: To identify the effect of health deterioration on residential dependency.

Material And Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the microdata from the Catalan Survey of Health (2006), which features a sample of 3566 individuals aged 65 and over. A set of socio-demographic (sex, age, marital status, educational level and municipality size), as well as health variables (self-rated health, BADL and IADL dependency) associated with residential dependency are analysed by bivariate and multivariate logistic regression.