Social and Psychosocial Determinants of Self-Rated Health in Central and Eastern Europe

Life expectancy in countries of Central and Eastern Europe is substantially shorter than in Western Europe, and a similar divide exists in self-rated health. This exhaustive study of populations in seven Central and European countries - Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pikhart, Hynek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1. East-West Difference
  • 2. Main Interest and Hypotheses
  • 3. Study Design and Data
  • 4. Contributors to the Project
  • 5. Structure
  • 2 Background
  • 1. Health Status in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
  • 2. Self-Rated Health
  • 3. Socioeconomic Factors
  • 4. Psychosocial Factors
  • 3 Populations and Methods
  • 1. Populations
  • 2. Description of the Data
  • 3. Statistical power of the Study
  • 4. Statistical Analysis
  • 4 Results
  • 1. Descriptive Characteristics of Study Subjects and Populations
  • 2. Socioeconomic Characteristics and Marital Status
  • 3. Perceived Control and other Psycho-Social Factors not Related to Work
  • 4. Measures of Socioeconomic Inequality at the Population Level
  • 5. Work related Psychosocial Factors
  • 6. Analyses Using other Endpoints
  • 5 Discussion
  • 1. Methodological Issues
  • 2. Consistency of the Results with other Studies
  • 3. Does this Research Help to Understand the Health Crisis in CCEE?
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendix 1
  • Chewe Questionnaire
  • Appendix 2
  • Physical Functioning
  • Appendix 3
  • Coding of Work Characteristics