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Hudson, Eibhlin, Madden, David and Mosca, Irene (2015) A Formal Investigation of Inequalities in Health Behaviours After Age 50 on the Island of Ireland. The Economic and Social Review, 46 (2). pp. 233-265. ISSN 0012-9984
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Abstract
To examine income-related inequality in smoking, low physical activity and frequent
alcohol consumption we calculate concentration indices using data on older adults from the
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Smoking and low physical activity are more
concentrated among those with lower incomes in both regions, while frequent alcohol consumption
is more concentrated among those with higher incomes. Although results for the two jurisdictions
are quite similar, low levels of physical exercise appears to be more highly concentrated amongst
lower income groups in the North. In conclusion, inequalities in health behaviours exist among
older people on the Island of Ireland.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Physical Activity; Alcohol Consunption; Concentration Index; Socioeconomic Inequalities; Martial satatus; Risk factors; Smoking; Mortality; Americans; Disease; Health; Income; Inequality; Smoking |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting |
| Item ID: | 11382 |
| Depositing User: | Irene Mosca |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2019 10:21 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic and Social Review |
| Publisher: | Tara |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/11382 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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