Does It Feel Worse to be Old?

People aged 70 or more who identify themselves as 'old' feel worse about their own health in societies where they perceive they have lower value than younger people. New research from psychologists at the University of Kent, titled 'Being old and ill' across different countries: social status, age identification and older people's subjective health, used data from the European Social Survey. Respondents, who were all aged 70 and over, were asked to self-rate their ...