Saturday, June 16 / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM   •   William-Olsson

Session 104:
Living conditions and disability at old age

Chair: Emily Grundy, University of Cambridge

  1. Recent trends in male and female disability-free life expectancies in France: to what extent is the "gender health paradox" reinforced? • Emmanuelle Cambois, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

  2. Gender-specific differences in physical and mental health across European countries: variation in levels and explanatory factors at older age • Dorly J.H. Deeg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  3. Living arrangements, health status and mortality risk among the aged in Belgium, 2002 • Anne Herm, Tallinn University and Université Catholique de Louvain ; Michel Poulain, Université Catholique de Louvain and Tallinn University ; Jon Anson, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

  4. Living arrangement and treatment seeking behavior of the elderly in India • Barsharani Maharana, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Debasis Barik, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

  5. Social determinants of health resilience among the elderly: evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel • Andreas Mergenthaler, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany

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