caa a22 4500 606221751 CHVBK 20210128101130.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0621-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0621-3 Enduring inequality: educational disparities in health among the oldest old in Sweden 1992-2011 [Elektronische Daten] [Stefan Fors, Mats Thorslund] Objectives: Although the past two decades have involved changes in the living conditions of the oldest old in Sweden, little is known about how health inequalities have developed in this group during the period. This study explores the educational disparities in a wide range of health outcomes among the oldest old in Sweden between 1992 and 2011. Methods: The study uses the repeated cross-sectional design of the SWEOLD survey, a nationally representative survey of the oldest old in Sweden with comparable data from 1992, 2002, and 2011. The development of educational disparities in health was tracked across the three waves. Results: The results show that although the prevalence of most health problems increased during the period, the prevalence of disability in activities of daily living decreased. Despite these changes, educational disparities in health remained largely unaffected. Conclusions: The results of the study suggest that the association between education and health is remarkably robust. It prevailed into the oldest age groups, was consistently found for a wide range of health problems, and tended to be stable over extended periods of time. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Education nationallicence Oldest old nationallicence Health nationallicence Inequalities nationallicence Fors Stefan Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Gävlegatan 16, 113 30, Stockholm, Sweden aut Thorslund Mats Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Gävlegatan 16, 113 30, Stockholm, Sweden aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 91-98 1661-8556 60:1<91 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0621-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0621-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fors Stefan Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Gävlegatan 16, 113 30, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thorslund Mats Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Gävlegatan 16, 113 30, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 91-98 1661-8556 60:1<91 2015 60 38