title: Time Trends in Self-Rated Health and Disability in Older Spanish People: Differences by Gender and Age.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To analyse time trends in self-rated health in older people by gender and age and examine disability in the time trends of self-rated health.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data used come from the Spanish National Health Surveys conducted in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2011-12. Samples of adults aged 16 yr and older were selected. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the association between age, gender, socio-economic status, marital status, disability and self-rated health across period study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women exhibited lower (higher) prevalence of good self-rated health (disability) compared to men. The multivariate analysis for time trends found that good self-rated health increased from 2001 to 2012. Overall, variables associated with a lower likelihood of good self-rated health were: being married or living with a partner, lower educational level, and disability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trends of good self-rated health differ by gender according to socio-demographic factors and the prevalence of disability.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Estadística e Investigación Operativa III, Facultad de Estudios Estadísticos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giron
keywords: Disability; Gender; Health surveys; Older people; Self-rated health