Factors Influencing Individual Self-Rated Health Status

Objective To understand the factors that influence self-rated health status and their impacts. Methods China Health and Nutrition Survey(2006) was used to collect the data and Ordered Probit Model was taken to analyze the factors that influence self-rated health status. Results Sex,age,income level,being affected by diseases over the past three months,and knowing Chinese Dietary Guidelines had a significant effect on individual self-rated health(P0.05),among them the factor of being affected by diseases over the past three months had the maximal influence with OR value reaching 10.294. Conclusion Individual self-rated health status is influenced by many factors,besides medical problems,social and psychological factors have larger impact on self-rated health.
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Qiu, Fen
Cao, Qian
Jiang, Lu-lu
2011
Chinese General Practice
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