The Determinants of Self-Rated Health in the Republic of Ireland Further Evidence and Future Directions

Liam Delaney (), Colm P. Harmon (), Cecily Kelleher and Caroline Kenny
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Cecily Kelleher: Geary Institute, School of Public Health & Population Science, University College Dublin
Caroline Kenny: Geary Institute, University College Dublin

No 200741, Working Papers from Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland using data from the 2001 Quarterly National Household Survey Health Module and the 2005 ESRI Time Usage Survey. Results indicate that self-rated health is a useful proxy for self-reported chronic illness indices. Higher education, having private medical insurance cover and being married is associated with better self-rated health. The strong inverse relationship between age and self-rated health is found to be robust to the inclusion of self-reported morbidity. Caregivers display lower self-rated health, even after controlling for age, marital status and education. We find only minor effects of gender. Understanding further the causal nature of the above associations is a key issue for future research.

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Date: 2007-12-10
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