Doblhammer, Gabriele; Kytir, Josef - In: Social Science & Medicine 52 (2001) 3, pp. 385-391
The aim of our study is to test the theories of compression or expansion of morbidity on the basis of data on the elderly population of Austria. Our data come from four microcensus surveys for the years 1978, 1983, 1991, and 1998. We use self-perceived health ratings to calculate healthy-life...