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Health Inequalities in Older Norwegians and the Mediating Role of Social Networks

Published:2022-07-15 Issue: Volume: Page:009141502211122
ISSN:0091-4150
Container-title:The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Aging Hum Dev

Author:

Adhikari Nabaraj¹²^ORCID,Uddin Shahad¹

Affiliation:

1. International Social Welfare and Health Policy Scholar, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

2. Master of Public Health, The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Abstract

This study aims to contribute to understanding how social networks serve as an intervening pathway leading to socioeconomic health inequality among older adults in Norway. Longitudinal survey data from the second and the third waves of the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing, and Generation Study were used in this paper. Hayes PROCESS was used to estimate the mediating effect of the contact frequency and the support potential of friends on the impact of social-economic position (SEP) at wave 2 on health outcomes at wave 3. The total indirect effect of the income on physical health observed was 0.04. The total indirect effect of the highest level of education attained on physical health observed was 0.12. The result showed a social-economic gradient in health among older adults in Norway where the social network is a crucial pathway via which SEP influences peoples’ health.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Aging

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00914150221112281

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