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Self-assessed health among Norwegian adults

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  • Moum, Torbjoârn

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Previous research has used self-assessed health as a proxy for 'objective' health rating as an important element in sick role behaviour, as well as a predictor of life satisfaction and mortality. However, several authors have suggested that self-evaluations of health are not only reflections of the underlying medical condition. It has been claimed that personal and social background characteristics such as sex, age, race, and occupational status contribute indepedently to subjectively appraised health. The present article uses data from a large, nation-wide sample of Norwegian adults (N = 7302) to estimatimate the relative predictive power of 'medical' variables (number and duration of illnes episodes, diagnosis, functional impairment) on the one hand and 'socio-cultural' variales (age, sex, socio-economic status, type of work, income, household composition/life cycle) on the other. It is concluded that when a sufficiently fine-grained array of medical information is available, socio-cultural factors contribute only marginally to self-assessments of health.

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  • Moum, Torbjoârn, 1992. "Self-assessed health among Norwegian adults," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 35(7), pages 935-947, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:35:y:1992:i:7:p:935-947
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    1. Jylhä, Marja, 2009. "What is self-rated health and why does it predict mortality? Towards a unified conceptual model," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(3), pages 307-316, August.
    2. Teresa García-Muñoz & Shoshana Neuman & Tzahi Neuman, 2014. "Subjective Health Status of the Older Population: Is It Related to Country-Specific Economic Development Measures?," Working Papers 2014-02, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics.
    3. Anneke Exterkate & Robin L. Lumsdaine, 2011. "How Survey Design Affects Inference Regarding Health Perceptions and Outcomes," NBER Working Papers 17244, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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