Everyday Health among Older People: A Comparison between Two Countries with Variant Life Conditions

Figure 1

The distribution of the everyday health variable. Note: the everyday health variable was constructed as the sum of two questions: “How is your life situation?” (with the response alternatives very poor to very good (1–4)) and “Compared to other people your age, how do you feel your health is?” (with not as good as others, as good as others, or better than others as the possible responses (1–3)). The resulting variable “everyday health” had six categories (2–7) ranging from a very poorly rated life situation and health (2; very poor) to a very highly rated life situation and health (7; very good). PHA = Poverty and Health in Aging in Bangladesh, SNAC-B = Swedish National Study on Aging and Care-Blekinge.