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Socioeconomic Inequalities and Their Impact on the Health of Seniors 65

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Journal Cent Eur J Public Health
Date 2025 Jan 20
PMID 39832156
Authors
Jitka Vackova
Kvetoslava Rimarova
Lenka Motlova
Renata Svestkova
Erik Dorko
Ivana Chloubova
Radek Vistorin
Kristyna Hellerova
Lesia Shuranova
Eva Fichtnerova
Marketa Bendova
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Abstract

Objectives: The main aim of the article is to indicate how selected socioeconomic factors contribute to the selected characteristics of the subjectively perceived health of seniors 65+ living in the Czech Republic.

Methods: Data collection took place in the Czech Republic from 27 January 2020 to 14 February 2020. The total number of interviews carried out in the research was 1,172, from a representative quota sample of seniors from the senior population living in the Czech Republic. Questionnaires were distributed in the form of PAPI interviews.

Results: The assessment of subjective social status increases with education and employment (these three aspects are closely linked), and the assessment transferred to the senior years.

Conclusion: The accumulation of advantages and disadvantages should encourage the Government of the Czech Republic, as well as other European states, to focus on those who, based on their low levels of education and social status, have very low assessments of their subjective health. Prevention (in both health and social fields), which includes access to information and the subsequent better life decisions, must be implemented throughout a person's lifetime (so as to reduce the disadvantages that accumulate from the cradle to the grave).

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