%0 Journal Article
%A Girón Daviña, Pedro
%T Time Trends in Self-Rated Health and Disability in Older Spanish People: Differences by Gender and Age
%D 2016
%@ 0304-4556‎
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24497
%X AbstractBackground: To analyse time trends in self-rated health in older people by gender and age and examine disability inthe time trends of self-rated health.Methods: The data used come from the Spanish National Health Surveys conducted in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2011-12. Samples of adults aged 16 yr and older were selected. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the associationbetween age, gender, socio-economic status, marital status, disability and self-rated health across period study.Results: Women exhibited lower (higher) prevalence of good self-rated health (disability) compared to men. The multivariateanalysis for time trends found that good self-rated health increased from 2001 to 2012. Overall, variables associatedwith a lower likelihood of good self-rated health were: being married or living with a partner, lower educationallevel, and disability.Conclusion: Trends of good self-rated health differ by gender according to socio-demographic factors and the prevalenceof disability.
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