Time trends in health inequalities due to care in the context of the Spanish Dependency Law

In Spain, responsibility for care of old people and those in situations of dependency is assumed by families, and has an unequal social distribution according to gender and socioeconomic level. This responsibility has negative health effects on the carer. In 2006, the Dependency Law recognised the o...

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Autores: Salvador-Piedrafita, M., Malmusi, Davide|||0000-0003-1877-3581, Borrell i Thió, Carme|||0000-0002-1170-2505
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:289314
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/289314
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2016.06.006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carer
Cuidadores
Desigualdades en salud
Gender
Género
Health inequalities
Mental health
Políticas públicas
Public policy
Salud autopercibida
Salud mental
Self-rated health
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Sumario:In Spain, responsibility for care of old people and those in situations of dependency is assumed by families, and has an unequal social distribution according to gender and socioeconomic level. This responsibility has negative health effects on the carer. In 2006, the Dependency Law recognised the obligation of the State to provide support. This study analyses time trends in health inequalities attributable to caregiving under this new law. Study of trends using two cross-sectional samples from the 2006 and 2012 editions of the Spanish National Health Survey (27,922 and 19,995 people, respectively). We compared fair/poor self-rated health, poor mental health (GHQ-12.