Gender Ideology and Health Status Among Individuals: A Global Perspective

Glory Narjinary, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

Amid the global shift in gender ideology from traditional to modernization, it becomes increasingly essential to understand how ideological change and self-actualization influence different spheres of society. While the literature addressing these changes has been burgeoning, the health status of the individual with gender ideology has been not well-researched despite health being the most important aspect of human life. Thus, this study tends to investigate the association between gender ideology and health status. To study this we used data from the ISSP 2012 module, and we employed ordered logistic regression and marginal effects to observe the level of association. Additionally, using multiple robustness checks the propounded result is reaffirmed. We find that individual with egalitarian gender belief is associated with good health level, suggesting the construction of more gender-equal societies where every individual can achieve their optimal health status.

Keywords: Health and Morbidity, Gender Dynamics, Families, Unions and Households

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