: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged … of six measures including: self-rated health; self-rated memory; activities of daily living; instrumental activities of …

income, family composition, health and religion over subjective well-being in the Southern Cone of Latin America (Argentina … levels of subjective well-being and higher levels of income or health, being married and the frequent religion practice. On …

, family composition, health and religion over subjective well-being in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay … American countries. Main obtained results show a positive correlation between higher levels of income and health, being married …

interaction on health in Italy. After controlling for household income, education, work status and a number of socio …-perceived health. The frequency of visits with relatives has a significant, but weaker effect. Membership in voluntary organizations is … a significant and weakly negative predictor of good health. Other relevant explanatory variables are education and work …

The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of … social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this … best predictor of health. We point out the existence of health disparities based on socio-economic status. Poorer and less …

In this paper, the trend and determinants of health and poverty among the elderly in rural India is analysed. Two …-96 and 2004 while increased proportion of elderly with poor health status is continued. Results suggest that poverty is one … of the key determinants of health among elderly in rural India. …

We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset … modelling, we find that happiness is strongly correlated with perceived good health, after controlling for a number of relevant … socio-economic phenomena. Health inequalities based on income, work status and education are relatively contained in respect …

economic and social sectors, including the sectors of education and health. Moreover, it was observed that effective prevention … education, health and nutrition, social protection and shelter. …