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Do higher pensions improve health (type I obesity) after retirement? Retirement is often associated with a substantial drop in income. Only 46% of the retired individuals in Israel receive pensions after retirement, and even for those elderly persons who do receive a pension, the income replacement ratio the afterpost pension income ratio in Israelis only 55%-60% as compared to 70%—80% in European countries [1]. The objective of the current study is to investigate gender differences and the impact of wealth and income from pensions, sociodemographic variables and self-assessment of health conditions on the projected probability to become obese in the postretirement age (67 years and older). We are unaware of previous studies that explored the direct relationship between obesity, monetary income from pensions, wealth and self-assessement of health conditions. To conduct this research, we make use of an extensive questionnaire concerning the economic and sociodemographic features, health and housing conditions of individuals administered within the framework of the 2015-2016 longitudinal survey conducted by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The survey is representitive of the Israeli population and also includes information regarding the weight, height, gender and age of each household member. Results of our study demonstrate that while for the female respondents older than 67, projected probability of type I obesity (BMI≥30) drops by 0.41% (p=0.0021) 0.52% (p=0.0001) with higher level of gross annual income from pension, for the male respondents above 67 years, the projected probability remains unchanged (p=0.4225). This outcome remains robust even when Prime Archives in Medicine 3 www.videleaf.com the 2015 BMI measurement of type I obesity (BMI≥30) is controlled. This drop among women attenuates with cutoff point increase from BMI≥25 (overweight) to BMI≥30 (type I obesity) to BMI≥35 (type II obesity). Further results indicate that for both genders above 67 years and for men above 62 years, a projected BMI drop of one year decreases with income from a pension (p=0.013, p=0.039, and p=0.007, respectively), although the spread around the projection becomes wider. Compared with other martial status, for widowed females, projected probability of obesity and self-reporting on improved health conditions drop by 6.58% (p=0.0419) – 11.28% (p=0.0048) and 6.55% (p=0.0190) – 7.47% (p=0.0036), respectively. For females older than 67, family status divorced drops the projected probability of obesity by 9.25% (p=0.0319). For males older than 67, results show a rise in projected obesity with car ownership by 6.10% (p=0.0897) – 6.41% (p=0.0469), and a drop in projected obesity with academic degree status by 9.93% (p=0.0106) – 10.14% (p=0.0118), immigration status from American-European countries by 7.67% (p=0.0821) – 8.99% (p=0.0398), and AsianAfrican countries by 11.63% (p=0.0245) – 11.99% (p=0.02). Research findings stress the differences and similarities in malefemale patterns of obesity after the retirement age of 67 years, and may be of assistance to welfare and public health experts.

Do Higher Pensions Improve Health (Type I Obesity) After Retirement?