A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe by Gabriele Doblhammer & Jordi Gumà

Author:Gabriele Doblhammer & Jordi Gumà
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

The influence of household size on the level of homogeneity (i.e. the larger the groups the higher the probability of finding high variance) was evaluated by isolating the 2-component households and looking at the health homogeneity by family tie and duration of the relation (using age as a proxy). Our hypothesis was that homogeneity is highest for couples in a long-lasting relationship.

The hypothesis is entirely confirmed for PCS for which couples older than 50 have the highest level of homogeneity (25.1%), while their non-coupled peers have significantly lower homogeneity (11.4%) as well as young couples (14.6%) as clearly depicted in Fig. 3. People younger than 50 not in a couple were too small a group to produce reliable results.

Fig. 3Perceived health homogeneity (ICC%) between household members in two component households by typology of relation and age

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