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Type Revue - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Titre Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: how do they correlate with education?
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Volume 88
Numéro 2
Publication (Jour/Mois/Année) 2010
Numéros de page 131-138
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814481/
Résumé
Objective To assess the value of self-rated health assessments by examining the association between education and self-rated poor health. Methods We used the globally representative population-based sample from the 2002 World Health Survey, composed of 219 713 men and women aged 25 and over in 69 countries, to examine the association between education and self-rated poor health. In a binary regression model with a logit link function, we used self-rated poor health as the binary dependent variable, and age, sex and education as the independent variables. Findings Globally, there was an inverse association between years of schooling and self-rated poor health (odds ratio, OR: 0.929; 95\% confidence interval, CI: 0.926–0.933). Compared with the individuals in the highest quintile of years of schooling, those in the lowest quintile were twice as likely to report poor health (OR: 2.292; 95\% CI: 2.165–2.426). We found a dose–response relationship between quintiles of years of schooling and the ORs for reporting poor health. This association was consistent among men and women; low-, middle- and high-income countries; and regions. Conclusion Our findings suggest that self-reports of health may be useful for epidemiological investigations within countries, even in low-income settings.

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Subramanian, Huijts, and Avendano. "Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: how do they correlate with education?." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 88, no. 2 (2010): 131-138.
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