Relative deprivation and incident functional disability among older Japanese women and men: prospective cohort study

2009107 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Naoki Kondo · University of Yamanashi Hospital

Ichiro Kawachi · Harvard University

Hiroshi Hirai · Nihon Fukushi University

Katsunori Kondo · University of Yamanashi

S. V. Subramanian · Harvard University

Tomoya Hanibuchi · Osaka University of Commerce

Zentaro Yamagata ·

Abstract

Relative deprivation may be a mechanism underlying the link between income inequality and disability in older age, at least among men. Lifestyle factors in part explain the association between relative deprivation and incident disability.

Topics & Keywords

Health disparities and outcomes Health and Wellbeing Research Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Volume 63, Issue 6, pp. 461-467

DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.078642

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