Rahul Malhotra|Irudaya Rajan|Syahriana Syam|Abhijit Visaria|Yasuhiko Saito
SOCIAL GROUP DISPARITIES IN LIFE EXPECTANCY AND ACTIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY AMONG OLDER PERSONS IN KERALA, INDIA
Duke-NUS Medical School|Centre For Development Studies|Centre For Development Studies|Duke-NUS Medical School|Nihon University
india hierarchical castebased social stratification present centuries castebased discrimination banned 1950 social group disparities health including disability mortality persist belonging lower castes scheduled castes scs scheduled tribes sts often worse amongst indian states kerala highest life expectancy adult literacy history leftist governments egalitarian polices interested extent social disparities health exist context assess social group disparities life expectancy le active le ale inactive le iale among older persons kerala data 4 waves kerala aging survey longitudinal survey 4940 older persons used respondents classified two social groups 1 scsstsobcs backward classes 62 2 general castes castes 38 active state defined assistance five activities daily living age 60 le ale iale estimates higher 23 19 04 years older persons general castes group versus scstobc group differences le ale statistically significant social group disparities favoring general castes group persisted across sex educational status even kerala considered model state development indices social disparities le ale evident older persons disadvantaged social groups expect live fewer years overall active state