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ArticleBMC geriatrics2017

Disability and ageing in China and India - decomposing the effects of gender and residence. Results from the WHO study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE).

Jennifer Stewart Williams, Fredrik Norström, Nawi Ng

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer Stewart WilliamsUnit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden. Jennifer.Stewart.Williams@umu.se.ORCID 0000-0001-6533-0762
Fredrik NorströmUnit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Nawi NgUnit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Umeå University · SEUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AU

Funding

Direct and indirect impacts of HIV and ART among older people in community settingsR01AG044917 · NIA · WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION · PI CHATTERJI, SOMNATH · 2014 to 2018
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG044917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChina and India are the world's two most populous countries. Although their populations are growing in number and life expectancies are extending they have different trajectories of economic growth, epidemiological transition and social change. Cross-country comparisons can allow national and global insights and provide evidence for policy and decision-making. The aim of this study is to measure and compare disability in men and women, and in urban and rural dwellers in China and India, and assess the extent to which social and other factors contribute to the inequalities.

methodsNational samples of adults aged 50 to 79 years in China (n = 11,694) and India (n = 6187) from the World Health Organization (WHO) longitudinal Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 1 were analysed. Stratified multiple linear regressions were undertaken to assess disability differences by sex and residence, controlling for other biological and socioeconomic determinants of disability. Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition partitioned the two-group inequalities into explained and unexplained components.

resultsIn both countries women and rural residents reported more disability. In India, the gender inequality is attributed to the distribution of the determinants (employment, education and chronic conditions) but in China about half the inequality is attributed to the same. In India, more than half of the urban rural inequality is attributed to the distribution of the determinants (education, household wealth) compared with under 20% in China.

conclusionsEducation and employment were important drivers of these measured inequalities. Overall inequalities in disability among older adults in China and India were shaped by gender and residence, suggesting the need for policies that target women and rural residents. There is a need for further research, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, to question and challenge entrenched practices and institutions and grasp the implications of global economic and social changes that are impacting on population health and ageing in China and India.

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AgingGeriatric AssessmentPersons with DisabilitiesAgedChinaChronic DiseaseCross-Cultural ComparisonDisability EvaluationFemaleGlobal HealthHumansIndiaLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedResidence CharacteristicsDecompositionDeveloping countriesInequalitiesOaxaca-BlinderResidenceRural

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