The joint distribution of years lived in good and poor health
Multivariate state distributions and summary indices derived from them give a holistic representation of population health inequality. We offer selected summary indices of the multivariate distribution with different demographic interpretations from the measures derived from univariate distributions. Although more theoretical and methodological work is required to motivate a single comprehensive population health inequality index, this direction is a promising path for a better understanding of population health dynamics and relationships between univariate statistics.
Authors
- Tim Riffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2673-4622)
- Iñaki Permanyer Ugartemendia
- Magdalena M. Muszyńska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1591-6893)
- Rustam Tursun-zade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6569-7169)
Institutions
- Ikerbasque (ES)
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz (AT)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (DE)
- Centre for Demographic Studies (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Population Health Metrics
- Published
- 2024-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-024-00354-w
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- “la Caixa” Foundation
- European Commission
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- National Institute on Aging
- HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council