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Average self-assessed health (SAH), average subjective life expectancy (SLE...
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Fig. 2 Average self-assessed health (SAH), average subjective life expectancy (SLE) and life table LE, and average subjective uncertainty on longevity (SUL), by age and relationship between SLE against SUL
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Self-assessed Physical and Mental Health and Fertility Expectations of Men and Women Across the Life Course
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Demography (2025) 62 (2): 543–569.
Published: 01 April 2025
... between health and fertility expectations is essential. We investigate whether changes in self-assessed general, physical, and mental health are linked to revised fertility expectations and how these associations vary over the life course. Drawing on a large longitudinal dataset for Australia, we...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-<span class="search-highlight">assessed</span> Physical and Mental <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> and Fertility Expectations of Men and Women Across the Life Course
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Gender Differences in Self-assessed Measures of Health: How Does the Structure of Self-rated Health Compare Across Transgender and Cisgender Groups?
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 2147–2175.
Published: 01 December 2024
...Madeline Smith-Johnson Abstract Self-rated health (SRH) is consistently related to mortality and morbidity. Yet, health ratings are subjective and reflect an individual's social context. Prior work has found differences in the structure of SRH—that is, in how self-assessments relate to underlying...
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View articletitled, Gender Differences in <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-<span class="search-highlight">assessed</span> Measures of <span class="search-highlight">Health</span>: How Does the Structure of <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-rated <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Compare Across Transgender and Cisgender Groups?
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Sex differences in morbidity and mortality
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 189–214.
Published: 01 May 2005
... results indicate that the difference in self-assessed health between women and men can be entirely explained by differences in the distribution ofthe chronic conditions they face. This is not true, however, for hospital episodes and mortality. Men with several smoking-related conditions-including...
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Health Measurement in Population Surveys: Combining Information from Self-reported and Observer-Measured Health Indicators
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 699–724.
Published: 20 April 2011
...George B. Ploubidis; Emily Grundy Abstract Our primary aim is to develop and validate a population health metric for survey-based health assessment that combines information from both self-reported and observer-measured health indicators. A secondary objective is to use this index to examine gender...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Measurement in Population Surveys: Combining Information from <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-reported and Observer-Measured <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Indicators
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Why Do Older People Change Their Ratings of Childhood Health?
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 1999–2023.
Published: 31 October 2014
...Mike Vuolo; Kenneth F. Ferraro; Patricia M. Morton; Ting-Ying Yang Abstract A growing number of studies in life course epidemiology and biodemography make use of a retrospective question tapping self-rated childhood health to assess overall physical health status. Analyzing repeated measures...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1547–1574.
Published: 01 August 2021
.... ( 2014 ). Self-assessed health: What does it mean and what does it hide? Social Science & Medicine , 121 , 21 – 28 . Bailis D. S. , Segall A. , & Chipperfield J. G. ( 2003 ). Two views of self-rated general health status . Social Science & Medicine , 56 , 203...
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View articletitled, Trajectories of Subjective <span class="search-highlight">Health</span>: Testing Longitudinal Models for <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-rated <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> From Adolescence to Midlife
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for article titled, Trajectories of Subjective <span class="search-highlight">Health</span>: Testing Longitudinal Models for <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-rated <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> From Adolescence to Midlife
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Does Multiracial Matter? A Study of Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health
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Demography (2011) 48 (1): 127–152.
Published: 23 February 2011
...Jenifer L. Bratter; Bridget K. Gorman Abstract How do self-identified multiracial adults fit into documented patterns of racial health disparities? We assess whether the health status of adults who view themselves as multiracial is distinctive from that of adults who maintain a single-race identity...
View articletitled, Does Multiracial Matter? A Study of Racial Disparities in <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-Rated <span class="search-highlight">Health</span>
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Explaining the Immigrant Health Advantage: Self-selection and Protection in Health-Related Factors Among Five Major National-Origin Immigrant Groups in the United States
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 175–200.
Published: 13 January 2017
..., and the Dominican Republic. To assess self-selection, we compare migrants, interviewed in the National Health and Interview Surveys (NHIS), with nonmigrant peers in sending nations, interviewed in the World Health Surveys. To test for protection, we contrast migrants’ changes in smoking since immigration with two...
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View articletitled, Explaining the Immigrant <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Advantage: <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-selection and Protection in <span class="search-highlight">Health</span>-Related Factors Among Five Major National-Origin Immigrant Groups in the United States
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The Long-Term Health Implications of Marital Disruption: Divorce, Work Limits, and Social Security Disability Benefits Among Men
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1487–1512.
Published: 14 September 2015
... and Zhang 2013 ; Pienta et al. 2000 ), chronic illnesses (Molloy et al. 2009 ), self-assessed health (Williams and Umberson 2004 ), and mortality (Dupre et al. 2009 ; Hu and Goldman 1990 ; Lillard and Waite 1995 ; Rendall et al. 2011 ; Shor et al. 2012 ). However, attributing health problems...
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View articletitled, The Long-Term <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Implications of Marital Disruption: Divorce, Work Limits, and Social Security Disability Benefits Among Men
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Poor Health Reporting? Using Anchoring Vignettes to Uncover Health Disparities by Wealth and Race
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Demography (2018) 55 (5): 1935–1956.
Published: 25 September 2018
.... Self-assessed health Vignettes Health measurement Inequality South Africa Around the globe, those with higher incomes can expect to live longer lives and enjoy better health (Bloom and Canning 2000 ; Deaton 2003 ), and South Africa is no exception (Case 2004 ). Studies using household...
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View articletitled, Poor <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Reporting? Using Anchoring Vignettes to Uncover <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Disparities by Wealth and Race
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1423–1443.
Published: 01 August 2021
... their health in the same way and display similar response patterns. After all, observed differences in perceived health may not reflect true differences but rather cultural bias in the health measures. Research on cross-country measurement equivalence between immigrants and natives on self-reported health...
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View articletitled, The Comparability of Perceived Physical and Mental <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Measures Across Immigrants and Natives in the United States
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Education of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents in Taiwan
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Demography (2007) 44 (2): 289–305.
Published: 01 May 2007
... = 1,943) p Valuea Diseases Lung disease 14.0 22.2 .000 Heart disease 18.1 24.2 .000 Stroke 1.4 6.9 .000 Diabetes 5.1 11.8 .000 Kidney disease 5.3 7.5 .006 Liver disease 5.6 6.3 .357 Hypertension 22.9 29.3 .000 At least one disease 48.4 62.4 .000 Self-Assessed Health Excellent/Very good 45.1 30.9 Good 38.4...
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Educational attainment and transitions in functional status among older Taiwanese
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Demography (1998) 35 (3): 361–375.
Published: 01 August 1998
... organization membership Health Behaviors Physical activity Smoking Alcohol consumption Health Status Self-assessed health (including smoking and alcohol consumption). They also demonstrated that much of the association between socioeco- nomic status and health can be explained by these psycho- social factors...
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Income inequality and self-rated health status: Evidence from the european community household panel
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Demography (2009) 46 (4): 805–825.
Published: 01 November 2009
... comparability and to mitigate the problem of differences in norms and expectations that plague cross-regional studies on self-assessed health. Unlike in many macro-level, cross- country studies, cross-national comparability of the regional data on health and income is largely guaranteed in the ECHP because...
View articletitled, Income inequality and <span class="search-highlight">self</span>-rated <span class="search-highlight">health</span> status: Evidence from the european community household panel
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Moving Beyond Salmon Bias: Mexican Return Migration and Health Selection
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Demography (2016) 53 (6): 2005–2030.
Published: 15 November 2016
... Groot W. ( 2000 ). Adaptation and scale of reference bias in self-assessments of quality of life . Journal of Health Economics , 19 , 403 – 420 . 10.1016/S0167-6296(99)00037-5 Hagan J. M. , Rodriguez N. , & Castro B. ( 2011 ). Social effects of mass deportation...
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The long-term effects of poor childhood health: An assessment and application of retrospective reports
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Demography (2007) 44 (1): 113–135.
Published: 01 February 2007
... of the PSID will prove invaluable if it continues to assess self-rated childhood health. As these children age into adulthood, their retrospective reports can be compared with previously collected measures of their health, such as birth weight, hospitalizations, and parental reports. A second important...
View articletitled, The long-term effects of poor childhood <span class="search-highlight">health</span>: An <span class="search-highlight">assessment</span> and application of retrospective reports
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Demography (2019) 56 (2): 763–784.
Published: 05 March 2019
... differences in physical health trajectories as measured by respondents’ self-assessments. Although the limitations of self-reported health measures are increasingly understood, no study has examined the extent to which these measures affect the main conclusions that have emerged from life course research...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Measurement and <span class="search-highlight">Health</span> Inequality Over the Life Course: A Comparison of <span class="search-highlight">Self</span>-rated <span class="search-highlight">Health</span>, SF-12, and Grip Strength
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Demography (2023) 60 (4): 1257–1282.
Published: 01 August 2023
... implications for mental health disparities. Respondents were asked, “In general, how would you rate your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions?” and given five options, ranging from “excellent” to “poor.” Consistent with prior research on self-rated health ( Gorman et al...
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View articletitled, Sexual Fluidity: Implications for Population Research
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Job loss and health in the U.S. labor market
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Demography (2009) 46 (2): 221–246.
Published: 01 May 2009
... on health.1 Questions about employment history reveal whether a sample member experienced a recent job disruption. Queries into the reasons for a job disruption further allowed me to create distinct job loss/separation catego- ries. Although the PSID has collected information on self-assessed health in each...
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