Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: How do they correlate with education?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-138

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Huijts, Tim ^b   Avendano, Mauricio ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 75649098687     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.067058     Document Type: Review

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