Journal of Community Nutrition

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회)
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Self-rated Health and Its Indicators: A Case of the 2001 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

  • Ahn Byung-Chul (School of Economics and Finance, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Joung Hyo-Jee (Graduate School of Public Health & Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2006.03.01
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Abstract

There were numerous evidences that subjective health evaluation was a powerful indicator for morbidity and mortality in many countries. Since self-rated health (SRH) was a reasonable health measure, identifying predictors for SRH would be beneficial for assessment of overall health, monitoring health status, and development of health promotion programs. Health risks, health behavior, socioeconomic characteristics and social capital were potential indicators for SRH. We examined association. between SRH and indicators such as health risk factors, subjective living condition, income, education level and dietary variety score. Total 4,262 subjects, aged between 20 and 69 years old, were selected from KNHANES 2001; those who completed health examination, nutrition survey, and provided their socioeconomic information. Results of logistic regression showed that it was likely to have better SRH for those who were younger, male and have higher education, higher income, better living condition, no metabolic syndrome and higher dietary variety.

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