TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schellekens, Jona
A1  - Ziv, Anat
T1  - The role of education in explaining trends in self-rated health in the United States, 1972–2018
Y1  - 2020/02/26
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 383
EP  - 398
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.12
VL  - 42
IS  - 12
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol42/12/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol42/12/42-12.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol42/12/42-12.pdf
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. 

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