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Article Abstract
Background: Health limitations, defined as problems in life that limit an individual from activities of daily living, have been associated with human flourishing, globally. However, how health problems leading to functional limitations vary across multiple demographic characteristics and how these vary across countries requires additional exploration.
Methods: The Global Flourishing Study is a 5-year longitudinal study of human flourishing among 202,898 individuals across 22 countries. The purpose of this analysis was to assess the regional and demographic variation of health limitations in life associated with health problems in wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study. The study explored the distributions and descriptive statistics of key demographic features (age, gender, marital status, employment, religious service attendance, education, immigration status) across and within countries. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) the distributions and descriptive statistics of key demographic factors will reveal diverse patterns across the international sample, (2) the proportions of health limitations will vary meaningfully across different countries, and (3) health limitations will exhibit variations across different demographic categories such as age, gender, marital status, employment, religious service attendance, education, and immigration status. These differences across demographic categories will vary by country.
Results: The proportion of health limitations was greater among older age individuals and those with fewer years of education. Being widowed and retired showed higher proportions of having a health limitation compared to those married and working, respectively. The Philippines (0.34), United Kingdom (0.31), and Germany (0.30) had the highest proportions of health problems, while Israel (0.14), Turkey (0.14), and Poland (0.13) had the lowest.
Conclusions: Understanding key demographic associations of such health problems and daily functioning could help inform policy, programs, and practices aimed at addressing the well-being of individuals who experience health limitations.
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