Social Support and Self Rated Health Revisited : Is There a Gender Difference in Later Life  

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Sheung-Tak, Cheng ; Chan, Alfred C.M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 63 no. 1 (Jul. 2006), page 118-122.
Topik: GENDER; self rated health; social support; gender; elderly; hong kong

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.5 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study examines the physical, behavioral, emotional and social determinants of self rated health among chinese older persons, and investigates if the effect of social support varies by gender. A representative sample of 1589 elderly community dwellers in hong kong were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Gender difference in the effect of social support was tested by an interaction term, gender x social support, in a hierarchical regression analysis. The frequency of falling ill, the number of chronic illnesses, sleep quality, mobility and positive emotions were most important determinants of self rated health. The effect of social support was completely redundant when these factors were taken into account. The interaction term gender x social support was significant and indicated a stronger efect for women, but the effect size was negligible (adding only 0,3% to the explained variance). This suggests that the effect of social support by and large is gender free. These findings suggest a high degree of similarity in the deteminants of self rated health between western and chinese older populations.

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