Through the analysis of the Istat Multipurpose Survey data 2012-2013, this paper investigates how the differences in gender, social position, and family composition affect the elderly population with respect to certain specific diseases and to loss of self-sufficiency. A multivariate analysis reveals that women and the less educated parts of the population are subject to higher risk of chronic diseases and to loss of self-sufficiency. The risk of loneliness is particularly high in the women, especially in the extremely old ones, even in case of longterm care requirements. Thus social and healthcare policies sustaining the elder parts of the population with respect to long term care have a crucial role not only for the poorest segments of the society but especially for the women.
Il saggio analizza, sulla base dei dati Multiscopo Istat 2012-13, le principali differenze tra gli anziani a seconda del genere e della col-locazione sociale sia rispetto ad alcune specifiche e alla non autosuf-ficienza, sia rispetto alla tipologia familiare, specie in caso di non au-tosufficienza. Mediante analisi multivariate, si rileva una specifica problematicità femminile e dei ceti meno scolarizzati per quanto riguarda la cronicità e la disabilità, mentre, per quanto concerne la condizione di so-litudine, emerge uno specifico rischio di solitudine, anche in caso di non autosufficienza, per le donne, specie molto anziane (over 75).Ne consegue che le politiche socio-sanitarie a sostegno della fragilità e della non autosufficienza nelle fasce anziane hanno un ruolo deter-minante non solo per i ceti sociali più modesti, ma per la popolazione femminile.
Facchini, C. (2016). Living with disease and disability. Elderly, social and gender differences, family types. SALUTE E SOCIETÀ, 1(1), 70-85.
Living with disease and disability. Elderly, social and gender differences, family types
Facchini, C
2016
Abstract
Through the analysis of the Istat Multipurpose Survey data 2012-2013, this paper investigates how the differences in gender, social position, and family composition affect the elderly population with respect to certain specific diseases and to loss of self-sufficiency. A multivariate analysis reveals that women and the less educated parts of the population are subject to higher risk of chronic diseases and to loss of self-sufficiency. The risk of loneliness is particularly high in the women, especially in the extremely old ones, even in case of longterm care requirements. Thus social and healthcare policies sustaining the elder parts of the population with respect to long term care have a crucial role not only for the poorest segments of the society but especially for the women.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.