Self-Rated Health and Changes in Self-Rated Health as Predictors of Mortality: First Evidence from German Panel Data

Johannes Schwarze, Hanfried H. Andersen and Silke Anger

No 203, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: Empirical evidence from several countries reveals that self-rated health is a valid predictor of mortality. So far, there have been no studies conducted for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) we confirm the relationship between self-rated health and mortality for Germany. In addition the GSOEP data enable an exploration of the trajectory hypothesis.

Keywords: Mortality; Self-Rated Health; Trajectory Hypothesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 p.
Date: 2000
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (18)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.38606.de/dp203.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp203

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Bibliothek ().