Gender Disparities in Adult Health: An Examination of Three Measures of Morbidity
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Jen'nan Ghazal Read is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate with the Center for Health Policy Research at the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests are in gender, ethnicity, and religion, and much of her work focuses on the effects of these factors on immigrant adaptation. Her recent research examines the effects of racial context on black immigrant health, the impact of acculturation on Arab American health, and the role of race and ethnicity in shaping gendered..., Bridget K. Gorman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Her research focuses on racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in physical health status. Her recent research examines racial and ethnic disparities in childhood asthma and access to health care services, racial and ethnic disparities in selfrated health in adolescence, and how the interplay between race and gender affects health status in adulthood. |
| ANO | 2006 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Journal of Health and Social Behavior |
| ISSN | 0022-1465 |
| E-ISSN | 2150-6000 |
| EDITORA | JSTOR (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002214650604700201 |
| CITAÇÕES | 21 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
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Resumo
Recent examinations of gender differences in physical health suggest that women's disadvantage may be smaller than previously assumed, varying by health status measure and age. Using data from the 1997–2001 National Health Interview Surveys, we examine gender-by-age differences in life-threatening medical conditions, functional limitations, and self-rated health and consider whether potential mediating mechanisms (e.g., socioeconomic status, behavioral factors) operate uniformly across health measures. The results show that the gender gap is smallest for life-threatening medical conditions and that men do increasingly worse with age. For self-rated health, men are more likely to report excellent health at younger ages, but with increasing age this gap closes. Only for functional limitations do we find a consistent pattern of female disadvantage: Women report more functional limitations than men, and the gap increases with age. The ability of explanatory mechanisms to account for these patterns varies by the health measure examined.