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| Healthy life expectancy and the correlates of self-rated health in an ageing population in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh | | Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 35, no 5, May 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, May 2015 |
| Pages | pp 1075-1094 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Good Health ; Life expectancy tables ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Correlation ; Bangladesh. |
| Annotation | Ageing is going to be a major problem in Bangladesh, given its population size, scarce resources, existing poverty, insufficient health facilities and lack of a social security system. This paper examines how many years older people expect to be in good health, and what are the correlates of self-rated health (SRH). The data used in this study come from 896 older people aged 60+ from Rajshahi district in Bangladesh and from United Nations' projected population figures. Results show that individuals at age 60 expected about 41% of their remaining life to be in good health, while individuals at age 80 expected only 21% of their remaining life to be in good health. Having exercised during the six months prior to the survey was the single most important correlate of SRH (odds ratio=5.49; confidence interval 4.03?7.47; without any adjustment). While rural-urban differentials and some health decline in old age are inevitable, four factors (exercise behaviour, sufficiency of income, physical limitations, and facing abusive behaviour) are to a certain extent modifiable and therefore provide the potential for improving SRH and healthy life expectancy in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626009 A |
| Classmark | CD: S7: CC: DP: 49: 7FD |
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