title: Self-perceived health status, gender, and work status.
abstract: This study analyzes the relationship between gender and self-perceived health status in Spanish retirees and housewives from a sample of 1,106 community-dwelling older adults. A multivariate linear regression model was used in which self-perceived health status was measured by the EQ-5D visual analogue scale and gender according to work status (retired men and women and housewives). Retired males reported a significantly better health status than housewives. Self-perceived health status was closely associated with physical, mental, and functional health and leisure activities. Finally, being a woman with complete dedication to domestic work is associated with a worse state of self-perceived health.
authors.affiliation: a Subdirection of Development and Care Quality , Cantabrian Health Service , Santander , Spain.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pino-Domínguez
authors.affiliation: b San Andrés Health Center, Madrid Health Service , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navarro-Gil
authors.affiliation: c Colsanitas , International Sanitas Organization , Bogotá , Colombia.
authors.forename: Abel E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: González-Vélez
authors.affiliation: d National University of Distance Learning (UNED) , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Maria-Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Prieto-Flores
authors.affiliation: e National School of Public Health and REDISSEC , Institute of Health Carlos III , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.affiliation: f Center for Human and Social Sciences , Spanish National Research Council , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Fermina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rojo-Pérez
authors.affiliation: f Center for Human and Social Sciences , Spanish National Research Council , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fernández-Mayoralas
authors.affiliation: g National Center of Epidemiology and CIBERNED , Institute of Health Carlos III , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martínez-Martín
authors.affiliation: e National School of Public Health and REDISSEC , Institute of Health Carlos III , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Forjaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Gender; leisure activities; retirement; self-perceived health status; unpaid domestic work