Whiners and deniers - What does self-rated health measure?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Layes, Audrey ^a   Asada, Yukiko ^a   Kepart, George ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Canada; Health status indicator; Health Utilities index; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF RATED HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 84860656461     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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