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Self-assessed health, reference levels and mortality

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The article studies the relationship between self-assessed health (SAH) and subsequent mortality in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Specifically, I examine whether socio-economic characteristics of respondents have an effect on mortality, conditional on SAH. Such conditional effects are shown to exist for various covariates, including age, income and wealth. These findings question the comparability of SAH across different socio-economic groups.

Source: Applied Economics

DOI: 10.1080/00036840500447823

Author: Hendrik Jürges

Institutions: German Institute for Economic Research, University of Mannheim

Language: English

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2139015730

FWCI: 8.145

Cites: 35

Cited by: 64

Related to: 10