The Relationship between Age, Socio-Economic Status, and Health among Adult Canadians

Steven G. Prus

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: The relationship between socio-economic status and the health status of Canadians is well documented. However, the dynamics of this relationship over the adult life course remain largely unexplored. This paper uses data from the 1998-1999 Canadian National Population Health Survey to examine differences in global measures of health status (functional health, activity restriction, and self-rated health) between education groups across age categories. The results show that the gap in health status across education groups varies over the life course. The strength of the relationship increases from ages 25 to 64, and then decreases in later life. The data also show that education- based differences in health over the adult years almost disappear when controlling for economic, lifestyle, and psychosocial resources. Implications of these findings for health-related policy and methodological issues are discussed.

Keywords: Socio-economic status; Morbidity; Disability; Social/Psychological resources; Life course; Canada; NPHS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2001-07
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