Self-Rated Health in the Baltic Countries, 1994–1999

Catherine Gaumé () and Guillaume Wunsch
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Catherine Gaumé: University of Louvain
Guillaume Wunsch: University of Louvain

European Journal of Population, 2010, vol. 26, issue 4, No 3, 435-457

Abstract: Abstract Numerous studies have examined the explanations of mortality fluctuations in the former USSR during the last decade of the twentieth century—a time of considerable political and socio-economic changes—but fewer studies have considered the health of these populations during this period. Using individual data from the Norbalt surveys held in 1994 and 1999 in the three Baltic countries, we examine the determinants of self-rated health in the three countries and for the two periods, by way of Bayesian structural equation modelling and directed acyclic graphs. The model takes into account, as possible determinants, alcohol consumption, physical health, psychological distress, education, locus of control, and social support. A major result is the remarkable stability of the model’s parameters whatever the country, year, gender, ethnicity, or age-group. Particular attention is given to the role of alcohol consumption and to the association observed between better self-assessed health and higher drinking.

Keywords: Self-rated health; Baltic countries; Structural equation modelling; Alcohol consumption; Santé subjective; pays Baltes; modèle structurel à équations multiples; consommation d’alcool (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-010-9217-7

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