Open AccessInequalities between Women and Men Aged Over and Under Seventy Years. SABE Colombia – Survey on Health, Well-being and Aging 2015
Author(s) -
Cecilia de Santacruz,
Diego Andrés Chavarro-Carvajal,
Luis Carlos Venegas-Sanabria,
Ana Carolina Gama,
Carlos Gutiérrez
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
universitas medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2011-0839
pISSN - 0041-9095
DOI - 10.11144/javeriana.umed60-3.sabe
Subject(s) - inequality , poverty , observational study , population , social inequality , psychological intervention , gerontology , gender inequality , psychology , demographic economics , sociology , economic growth , medicine , demography , economics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology , psychiatry
The differential approach by generation and gender, known inequalities and inequities to identify in older adults help in the evaluation of conditions and the design of interventions, research and teaching. Objective: Identify the peculiarities and inequalities related to generation and gender in the Colombian population of older adults. Methodology: Observational, descriptive and analytical study that performed a secondary analysis of the population survey SABE-Colombia 2015. Results and Discussion: Results are presented according to inequality by gender and by generation; of monetary poverty and Mobility, violence and displacement. Economic income Situation during childhood. Access to public services. Familiar surroundings. Healthy conditions. Conclusion: Disparities are related to representations and practices related to gender and age, less evident in the economic. Actions must be reinforced to improve the living conditions of all and the conceptions and imaginaries that naturalize the differences, and to avoid new disadvantages due to the achievements of aging.