Abstract
The absolute number and proportion of China's elderly population is fast growing. Since population of women in the elderly age is increasing in proportion, aging society in the future is in the sense of an aged women society. With different physiological conditions and social status, health is difference between men and women. The Western academia classic representation this difference as: men are more likely to die than women, but women are sicker than men. In other words, the average life expectancy of men is to be shorter than women, but women are more weak than men (Gu, 2007). The hypothesis of this paper is: do men really superior than women in health?
This article use data from The China Health and Retirement of Pulmonary Function Study (CHARLS), 2010. Data show that health status of men is higher than women in despite of the area is well-developed or less-developed. However, health status is more likely to be closer between men and women in the well-developed area.
With logistic regression model the result is significant with 95% CI that health level is different between men and women.(1)There are gender differences in health level. (2)Men got higher scores than women in Self-assessment Health Status. (3) Women got higher scores than men in Activities of daily living. (4) Men are not healthier than women.
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