Self-Rated Health and Mortality: Does the Relationship Extend to a Low Income Setting?

Citation

Frankenberg, Elizabeth & Jones, Nathan R. (2004). Self-Rated Health and Mortality: Does the Relationship Extend to a Low Income Setting?. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45(4), 441-452.

Abstract

Although a relationship between poor self-reported health status and excess mortality risk has been well-established for industrialized countries, almost no research considers developing countries. We use data from Indonesia to show that in a low-income setting, as in more advantaged parts of the world, individuals who perceive their health to be poor are significantly more likely to die in subsequent follow-up periods than their counterparts who view their health as good. This result characterizes both men and women, holds for multiple time periods, and remains after inclusion of measures of nutritional status, physical functioning, symptoms of poor physical health and depression, and hypertension. We also consider the correlates of self-rated health. Symptoms and physical functioning are strong predictors of reporting poor rather than good health, but neither these indicators nor other covariates we consider distinguish between reports of excellent rather than good health.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002214650404500406

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2004

Journal Title

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Author(s)

Frankenberg, Elizabeth
Jones, Nathan R.

ORCiD

Frankenberg - 0000-0003-0671-9684