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abstract: 'A representative national sample of 2,031 adults aged 18 to 90 was
interviewed by telephone in 1990. Results showed that men report better
health than women, but that the gap closes with age. We argue that a
gender difference in labor and lifestyles explains sex differences in
perceived health across the life course: gender inequality in paid and
unpaid work and the subjective experience of inequality disadvantage
women, whereas lifestyle disadvantages men. Women are less likely to be
employed, and are more likely to work part-time, have lower incomes and
more economic hardship, and to do more unpaid domestic labor than men,
all of which except domestic labor are associated with poor health.
Domestic labor improves health, up to doing 60 percent of the housework.
Women also have more distress and fewer subjective work rewards, both of
which are associated with poor health. If women had the same levels of
paid work, household income, economic hardship, work rewards, and
distress as men, their health would equal that of men''s and surpass it
by age 59. Although we expected to find an overwhelming male
disadvantage in lifestyle, we did not. Men are more likely than women to
walk and to exercise strenously, both of which are associated with good
health. If women''s labor and leisure-time physical activity equalled
men''s, women over the age of 54 would experience better health than men.
Men''s lifestyle disadvantage comes from their greater tendency to smoke
and to be overweight, both of which are associated with poor health.'
affiliation: 'ROSS, CE (Corresponding Author), OHIO STATE UNIV, DEPT SOCIOL, BRICKER
HALL, 190 N OVAL MALL, COLUMBUS, OH 43210 USA.
HARVARD UNIV, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 USA.
TUFTS UNIV NEW ENGLAND MED CTR, BOSTON, MA 02111 USA.'
author: ROSS, CE and BIRD, CE
author_list:
- family: ROSS
given: CE
- family: BIRD
given: CE
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.2307/2137363
eissn: 2150-6000
files: []
issn: 0022-1465
journal: JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY;
UNITED-STATES; SOCIAL ROLES; MORTALITY; DEPRESSION; ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT;
DISEASE'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '76'
pages: 161-178
papis_id: bc57a0dd041e388f4b9f186d3d216c61
ref: Ross1994sexstratification
researcherid-numbers: Bird, Chloe E/C-7107-2008
times-cited: '198'
title: SEX STRATIFICATION AND HEALTH LIFE-STYLE - CONSEQUENCES FOR MENS AND WOMENS
PERCEIVED HEALTH
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:A1994PQ26000005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '35'
web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Psychology,
Social; Social
Sciences, Biomedical; Sociology'
year: '1994'