Healthy life, social interaction and disability

This paper aims at analysing two relevant dimensions of well-being: living a healthy life and social interaction. A link between the two dimensions of well-being has been highlighted in the literature. The model assumes that both these concepts, i.e. social interaction and healthy life, are latent a...

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Published in:Quality & quantity 2016-11, Vol.50 (6), p.2609-2623
Main Authors: Addabbo, Tindara, Sarti, Elena, Sciulli, Dario
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Analysis
Chronic illnesses
Disability
Disabled persons
Gender roles
Health
Health problems
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Older people
People with disabilities
Physical fitness
Sex differences
Social aspects
Social exclusion
Social interaction
Social networks
Social Sciences
Studies
Surveys
Variables
Well being
Womens health
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Summary:This paper aims at analysing two relevant dimensions of well-being: living a healthy life and social interaction. A link between the two dimensions of well-being has been highlighted in the literature. The model assumes that both these concepts, i.e. social interaction and healthy life, are latent and manifest themselves through a number of indicators. The indicators adopted are those available in the 2011 ISTAT survey on social inclusion of people with disability in Italy by comparing the well-being attainments with respect to the different levels of functional limitations. In this paper the available indicators are used simultaneously to study the level of social interaction and health through a multiple indicators multiple causes model. This allows us to deal directly with endogeneity issues. Results show that women have a lower achievement in social interaction and in health. Moreover, differences occur in the effect of the observable exogenous variables included in the model with a larger negative effect of ageing for women on their health status and a higher negative effect of ageing for men on social interaction. Education plays a significant role only for women for the healthy life dimension. Finally, the latent variable on social interaction has been found to positively affect, consistently with the literature, the health dimension.
ISSN:0033-5177
1573-7845
DOI:10.1007/s11135-015-0279-9