This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into
research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex …

Women have worse self-rated health and more hospitalization episodes than men from early
adolescence to late middle age, but are less likely to die at each age. We use 14 years of …

This study examines how the intersecting consequences of race-ethnicity, gender,
socioeconomics status (SES), and age influence health inequality. We draw on multiple …

This paper focuses on financial strain across the life course as a condition underlying health
inequalities observed in later life. The analysis is based on data from 1,167 adults 65 years …

El paulatino pero inexorable envejecimiento de la población de América Latina y el Caribe
presenta dos características que preocupan: un ritmomás rápido que el registrado …

Despite the widespread use of self-rated health (SRH) in population health studies, the
meaning of this holistic health judgment remains an open question. Gender differences in …

Background The literature suggests that women report worse health but live longer than
men--a phenomenon known as the gender paradox in health and mortality. Although studies …

Objectives This study investigates the factors associated with frailty and the association of
frailty with mortality in a national sample of adults aged 65–109 in China. Methods Using the …

Rationale: Sleep disorders are associated with hypertension and diabetes, which are
primary risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and mortality. It is important to understand …

Despite improvements in the status of Blacks and women over the past 30 years, racial and
gender disparities in mortality and morbidity persist. Using General Social Survey (GSS) …