OLDER WOMEN - HEALTH AND POLITICAL-BEHAVIOR

This paper addresses one of the challenges that older women face-poor health. The focus of the paper is the extent to which health status af fects die political behavior of older women. To enrich the analysis, t he relationship between health status for older males is examined as w ell. Health status has modest effects on both sexes. Most interesting, better health directly affects greater political participation among older women. It has only an indirect effect on older males political a ctivism. Implications of these findings are discussed.