Economics and Political Science Department, 7567St. Catherine University, St Paul, MN, USA.
Biology Department, St. Catherine University, St Paul, MN, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2023 Jan;96(1):33-50. doi: 10.1177/00914150221106643. Epub 2022 Jun 7.
Using the 2006-2016 wave of Health and Retirement Study and Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, this study explores the gender disparities in the health of older adults in the United States and South Korea. A logit model is adopted to explore the differences in the likelihood of aging healthily by gender in two countries. Results indicate that older females in the United States have a significantly higher probability of healthy aging than their male counterparts. However, the opposite finding is demonstrated among the older population in South Korea. These results are verified using various robustness check methods. The heterogeneities in the gender disparities in healthy aging across age groups and income levels are further explored. The gender effect in each healthy aging domain is investigated to understand the underlying causes of gender disparities. These findings can provide cross-national insights for policymakers to establish targeted aging policies with a gender perspective.
利用 2006-2016 年的美国健康与退休研究和韩国老龄化纵向研究的数据，本研究探讨了美国和韩国老年人口健康方面的性别差异。采用逻辑回归模型探讨了两国中男性和女性健康老龄化的可能性差异。结果表明，美国的老年女性比男性更有可能健康老龄化。然而，在韩国的老年人群中却出现了相反的结果。这些结果通过各种稳健性检验方法得到了验证。进一步探讨了不同年龄组和收入水平下健康老龄化性别差异的异质性。研究了每个健康老龄化领域的性别效应，以了解性别差异的根本原因。这些发现可以为政策制定者提供跨国的视角，制定具有性别意识的针对性的老龄化政策。
