Self-rated health and indicators of SES among the ageing in three types of communities

Olli P. Nummela · Tommi T. Sulander · Heikki S. Heinonen · Antti K. Uutela

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Health disparities and outcomes Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health and Social Inequalities

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AIMS: This paper examines associations between self-rated health, three indicators of SES (self-reported education, disposable household income, adequacy of income) and three types of communities (urban, densely or sparsely populated rural areas) among ageing men and women in the Province of Päijät-Häme, Southern Finland. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the magnitude of community type when examining the relation between subjective health and SES. METHODS: Cross-sectional questionnaire data gathered in the spring of 2002 for a prospective follow-up of community interventions were used. These data, together with a number of clinical and laboratory measurements, yielded the baseline for a 10-year community intervention study. A representative stratified (age, gender, area) sample of men and women living in the province and belonging to the birth cohorts 1926-1930, 1936-1940, and 1946-1950 was obtained from the National Population Registry. The target sample was 4,272, with 2,815 persons responding (66% response rate). RESULTS: Positive associations between indicators of SES and self-rated health were observed in all three community types. After adjusting for other factors, adequacy of income showed the strongest (positive) association with self-rated health in urban areas in all age groups. A similar pattern of associations, with varying statistical significance, though, was found in the two rural areas. CONCLUSIONS: This study supports the view that while actual income is positively correlated to health, adequacy of income is an even stronger predictor of it. Thus, there was a significant link between better financial standing and good health among ageing people, especially in urban areas.

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