 Self-Rated Health Over Time in GreeceA chapter in Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives, 2024, pp 275-298 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Self-rated health has been shown to have predictive power for mortality and is thus a useful indicator to summarize the health status of individuals. We use self-rated health (SRH) to investigate how the health status of individuals changed during the severe financial crisis that hit Greece in the 2010s. The data show some deterioration in SRH but no increase in polarization or inequality. Potential explanations for these subdued changes are sought in the developments over time in some of the variables that self-rated health is associated with. More specifically, the increase in unemployment and inactivity during the financial crisis impacted on SRH—more on lowering the probability of being in a very good state rather than in increasing the probability of being in a very bad state. At the same time, however, during the crisis, the percentage of individuals smoking decreased thus compensating the deterioration in SRH from the decline in economic activity. The results presented are nothing more than associations and further research is needed to find causal interpretations of the change in SRH. Keywords: Self-rated health; Ordinal data; Polarization; Lifestyle; Economic activity (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:eurchp:978-3-031-55813-9_16 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55813-9_16 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics from Springer |
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