This paper aims at analysing two relevant dimensions of well-being: living a healthy life and social interaction. A link between the two dimensions of well-being has been highlighted in the literature. The model assumes that both these concepts, i.e. social interaction and healthy life, are latent and manifest themselves through a number of indicators. The indicators adopted are those available in the 2011 ISTAT survey on social inclusion of people with disability in Italy by comparing the well-being attainments with respect to the different levels of functional limitations. In this paper the available indicators are used simultaneously to study the level of social interaction and health through a multiple indicators multiple causes model. This allows us to deal directly with endogeneity issues. Results show that women have a lower achievement in social interaction and in health. Moreover, differences occur in the effect of the observable exogenous variables included in the model with a larger negative effect of ageing for women on their health status and a higher negative effect of ageing for men on social interaction. Education plays a significant role only for women for the healthy life dimension. Finally, the latent variable on social interaction has been found to positively affect, consistently with the literature, the health dimension.
Healthy life, social interaction and disability / Addabbo, Tindara; Sarti, Elena; Sciulli, Dario. - In: QUALITY & QUANTITY. - ISSN 0033-5177. - 50:6(2016), pp. 2609-2623.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
Data di prima pubblicazione: | 6-nov-2015 |
Titolo: | Healthy life, social interaction and disability |
Autore/i: | Addabbo, Tindara; Sarti, Elena; Sciulli, Dario |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-015-0279-9 |
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Volume: | 50 |
Fascicolo: | 6 |
Pagina iniziale: | 2609 |
Pagina finale: | 2623 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000385199300017 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84946762836 |
Citazione: | Healthy life, social interaction and disability / Addabbo, Tindara; Sarti, Elena; Sciulli, Dario. - In: QUALITY & QUANTITY. - ISSN 0033-5177. - 50:6(2016), pp. 2609-2623. |
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