Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246710 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 633
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam shows that women are more likely to have reported sickness or injury than men, a difference that is meaningful and statistically significant. While women in Cambodia and the Philippines are more likely to seek treatment than men, the gender difference is reversed in Viet Nam where stigma and discrimination associated with some diseases may more strongly deter women. The probability of seeking treatment rises with age more sharply for women than men in all countries. However, for the subsample of elders, the gender difference is not significant.
Subjects: 
elderly
gender
health
health care
women
JEL: 
I14
J16
O53
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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