Differential health reporting by education level and its impact on the measurement of health inequalities among older Europeans

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1375-1383

  Bago d'Uva, Teresa ^a,b   O'Donnell, Owen ^c   Van doorslaer, Eddy ^a,b,d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health measurement; Reporting differences; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57449107447     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn146     Document Type: Article

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