TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of education in explaining trends in selfrated health in the United States, 1972–2018
AU - Schellekens, Jona
AU - Ziv, Anat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Jona Schellekens & Anat Ziv
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - BACKGROUND The percentage of older adults in the United States reporting being in good health has increased since the 1980s. OBJECTIVE This study tries to explain long-term trends in self-rated health in the United States. METHODS We used 47 years of repeated cross-sectional data from the National Health Interview Survey to estimate regression models that predict trends in self-rated health. RESULTS Our results show that the improvement in self-rated health of men as well as women aged 50–84 is largely explained by gains in educational attainment. Self-rated health has slightly improved among those with post-secondary education, while it did not improve among those without post-secondary education. CONTRIBUTION This study is one of the few to try to explain long-term trends in self-rated health. It does so for a much longer period of time than any previous study.
AB - BACKGROUND The percentage of older adults in the United States reporting being in good health has increased since the 1980s. OBJECTIVE This study tries to explain long-term trends in self-rated health in the United States. METHODS We used 47 years of repeated cross-sectional data from the National Health Interview Survey to estimate regression models that predict trends in self-rated health. RESULTS Our results show that the improvement in self-rated health of men as well as women aged 50–84 is largely explained by gains in educational attainment. Self-rated health has slightly improved among those with post-secondary education, while it did not improve among those without post-secondary education. CONTRIBUTION This study is one of the few to try to explain long-term trends in self-rated health. It does so for a much longer period of time than any previous study.
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U2 - 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.12
DO - 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.12
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AN - SCOPUS:85092164524
SN - 1435-9871
VL - 42
SP - 383
EP - 398
JO - Demographic Research
JF - Demographic Research
ER -