Emmanuelle Cambois1, Aïda Solé-Auró2, Jean-Marie Robine3. 1. Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France cambois@ined.fr. 2. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. 3. Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) and Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques (INED), France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to study to what extent European variations in differentials in disability by education level are associated to variation in poverty. METHOD: Using the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for 26 countries, we measure the prevalence of activity limitation (AL) and the rate of economic hardship (EH) by level of education. We measure the increased AL prevalence (disadvantage) of the low-educated relative to the middle-educated and the reduced AL prevalence (advantage) of the high-educated groups, controlling or not for EH. RESULTS: The rate of EH and the extent of the AL-advantage/disadvantage vary substantially across Europe. EH contributes to the AL-advantage/disadvantage but to different extent depending on its level across educational groups. DISCUSSION: Associations between poverty, education, and disability are complex. In general, large EH goes along with increased disability differentials. Actions to reduce poverty are needed in Europe to reduce the levels and differentials in disability.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to study to what extent European variations in differentials in disability by education level are associated to variation in poverty. METHOD: Using the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for 26 countries, we measure the prevalence of activity limitation (AL) and the rate of economic hardship (EH) by level of education. We measure the increased AL prevalence (disadvantage) of the low-educated relative to the middle-educated and the reduced AL prevalence (advantage) of the high-educated groups, controlling or not for EH. RESULTS: The rate of EH and the extent of the AL-advantage/disadvantage vary substantially across Europe. EH contributes to the AL-advantage/disadvantage but to different extent depending on its level across educational groups. DISCUSSION: Associations between poverty, education, and disability are complex. In general, large EH goes along with increased disability differentials. Actions to reduce poverty are needed in Europe to reduce the levels and differentials in disability.
Authors: Johan P Mackenbach; José Rubio Valverde; Barbara Artnik; Matthias Bopp; Henrik Brønnum-Hansen; Patrick Deboosere; Ramune Kalediene; Katalin Kovács; Mall Leinsalu; Pekka Martikainen; Gwenn Menvielle; Enrique Regidor; Jitka Rychtaříková; Maica Rodriguez-Sanz; Paolo Vineis; Chris White; Bogdan Wojtyniak; Yannan Hu; Wilma J Nusselder Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Date: 2018-06-04 Impact factor: 11.205