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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Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2002, 2002
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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