TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and Well-Being in Late Life
T2 - Gender Differences Worldwide
AU - Carmel, Sara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2019 Carmel.
PY - 2019/10/10
Y1 - 2019/10/10
N2 - Maintaining health and quality of life and decreasing the number of years lived with disabilities in old age are among the main challenges of aging societies worldwide. This paper aims to present current worldwide health-related gender inequalities throughout life, and especially in late life, as well as gender gaps in social and personal resources which affect health, functioning and well-being. This paper also addresses the question of whether gender gaps at younger ages tend to narrow in late life, due to the many biological and social changes that occur in old age. Based on international data regarding these gender gaps and the trends of change in personal resources and health-related lifestyles in the more and less developed nations, conclusions regarding future changes in gender gaps are presented, along with practical implications for future improvements in women's health and well-being.
AB - Maintaining health and quality of life and decreasing the number of years lived with disabilities in old age are among the main challenges of aging societies worldwide. This paper aims to present current worldwide health-related gender inequalities throughout life, and especially in late life, as well as gender gaps in social and personal resources which affect health, functioning and well-being. This paper also addresses the question of whether gender gaps at younger ages tend to narrow in late life, due to the many biological and social changes that occur in old age. Based on international data regarding these gender gaps and the trends of change in personal resources and health-related lifestyles in the more and less developed nations, conclusions regarding future changes in gender gaps are presented, along with practical implications for future improvements in women's health and well-being.
KW - gender differences
KW - health
KW - international differences
KW - old age
KW - well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074131022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fmed.2019.00218
DO - 10.3389/fmed.2019.00218
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31649931
AN - SCOPUS:85074131022
SN - 2296-858X
VL - 6
JO - Frontiers in Medicine
JF - Frontiers in Medicine
M1 - 218
ER -