… the impact of all of the contracted activities related to women’s and men’s interests and concerns and design and … works that I intend to buy have different implications for women and men in all their diversity? Do women and men, in … area of Sweden will be very different from that of an older woman living in an urban area of Spain) [2] . Footnotes …
… hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Across the EU, women have consistently higher rates of internalising … SUDs. Source: GBD Study 2019. Authors’ calculations. Older age groups are at risk of specific types of mental … 2018). An estimated 5 % of people aged 60 years or older in the EU suffer from dementia, and women are about 1.6 …
… As health limitations increase with age and affect women and men differently, any analysis of ill health must consider age, gender and the severity of limitations. Women suffer greater health limitations than men in all age … limitations affect daily activities are higher among older groups, to women’s detriment (Ogg and Rašticová, 2020). …
… their current health status (Lorem et al., 2017). Overall, women tend to report worse health than men (Nesson and … 2016). In a 2002–2004 study of 59 countries globally, women reported significantly poorer health than men on all … are particularly relevant to the health and well-being of older people, especially women, whose income in old age …
… COVID-19 deadlier for men, ‘long COVID’ more likely for women There are considerable variations in how data is … 60), infections in women far outnumber those among men; at older ages, infection is more common in men. The highest … 33 % of men were hospitalised. For those aged 80 years or older, the rate of hospitalisation reached 31 % for women and …
… different everyday life activities [1] . The respondents, women and men alike, ranked health services as the most … several population groups, such as lone parents, older people, migrants and people with disabilities, and … calculation with microdata, EU-SILC, 2019 (IE, IT, 2018). Older adults with disabilities and those living in rural …
… restrictions on movement to contain COVID-19 have trapped women and girls at home with their abusers. If victims of … to vulnerable and marginalised groups. This includes olderwomen, women and girls with disabilities, migrant … and ‘stay-at-home’ orders exacerbate factors that put olderwomen at particular risk of violence, for example …
… data, even for the most severe forms of violence against women. Of all the indicators used to gauge the extent of this … . The killing of olderwomen is a prevalent form of femicide as a result of … by Dobash and Dobash (2015) shows that most murders of olderwomen are committed by men from the neighbourhood. …
… care, the other two being childcare and long-term care for older people and people with disabilities and other chronic conditions [1] . About 91 % of women with children spend at least an hour per day on … children. The latest available data shows that employed women spend about 2.3 hours daily on housework; for employed …
… subdomain, of care activities, measures gender gaps in women’s and men’s involvement in the care and/or education of their children, grandchildren and older and disabled people. It also measures their involvement … and housework. The second subdomain explores how many women and men engage in social activities. Concretely, it …
… In a highly digitalised world, women and men need a wide range of knowledge, skills and … Commission, 2015b). Yet only 17 % of women and 16 % of men older than 15 years of age were in formal or informal … or in retirement, learning rates are in single digits. Older people, economically inactive women and men, and people …
… and (dis)ability influence income disparities between women and men. While income gaps are less visible for couples … with the result that the gender gap is greatest among older people. Women aged 65 years or older receive 1.934 PPS less than men. Known as the gender …
… in health Gender differences in health status Overall, women tend to report worse health than men. In the 27 Member … Several population groups, such as lone parents, older people, migrants and people with disabilities, and … is more frequently mentioned by people aged 65 years or older than by the general population (40 % of women and 34 % …
… unpaid care during the COVID-19 crisis – particularly by women – has put a spotlight on long-standing gender … since 2014. The gender gap among people aged 16 years or older was 925 purchasing power standard (PPS) [2] in 2019, … The proportions of women and men aged 15 years or older in formal or non-formal education and training remained …
… and Oram, S. (2013). Risk factors for mental disorders in women survivors of human trafficking: a historical cohort … better health? The effects of job quality on health among older European workers. The European Journal of Health … (2019). Gender and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health at Older Ages across Different European Welfare Clusters: …
… Gender inequalities in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend their time affect their … orientation or disability, influence the resources that women and men can access, their exposure to environmental … that men account for 55 % of COVID-19-related deaths. Older men, men with NCDs and those in essential and …
… outcomes. As reasons for unequal health outcomes between women and men vary, this chapter examines the role of social … population health, such as a gender gap in the health of older people, is more evident in gender-unequal countries … address the growing need for health and social care among older people in an ageing population, the EU has implemented …
… regarded as a determinant of health. Policies promoting women’s participation in the labour force and easing their … work–life conflicts affect mental health. Although more women than ever before are now actively part of the labour … to assume a greater share of unpaid care of children, older people and people with disabilities (EIGE, 2019c). With …
… of employment and higher levels of underemployment for women, as well as in gender segregation in the job market and … care, family and other household duties a major barrier to women’s equal participation in the workforce (EIGE, 2020e). … effected by the COVID-19 crisis. This includes women, older workers and persons with disabilities (European …