scholarly journals Are Israelis becoming healthier? Trends in self-rated health, 2002–2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Ziv ◽  
J. Jona Schellekens
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Out Of Pocket Payments ◽  
Per Capita

Abstract Background Life expectancy at birth in Israel is steadily increasing. This raises the question whether Israelis are becoming healthier. The purpose of this study is to estimate trends in morbidity and to try to explain what causes morbidity levels to change. Methods We used 17 years of repeated cross-sectional data from the Social Survey to estimate trends in self-rated health. We used regression models to explain the trends in self-rated health that were observed from 2002 to 2018. Results Four major findings emerged. First, morbidity as measured by self-rated health has declined. Second, gains in educational attainment do not explain the decline in morbidity. Third, the rise in national expenditure on health per capita is strongly correlated with the decline in morbidity. And fourth, the effect of the national expenditure on health per capita appears to be stronger among women and among those without an academic degree. Conclusions Self-rated health has improved. However, it has not improved to the same extent for all Israelis. The results of this study show that the health of women has improved more than that of men and that the health of non-academics has improved more than that of academics. The latter suggests that the progressive effect of public financing has offset the regressive effect of out-of-pocket payments on self-rated health.

scholarly journals Capital socioterritorial e indicadores de desenvolvimento: um estudo comparativo no Brasil

GeoTextos ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvio Bandeira de Mello e Silva ◽  
Barbara-Christine Nentwig Silva ◽  
Maina Pirajá Silva
Keyword(s):  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Upper Level

Este trabalho analisa, com base em dados de 2010, a organização social no Brasil, medida pela distribuição das Fundações Privadas e Associações sem Fins Lucrativos (FASFIL), comparando-as com os principais indicadores socioeconômicos. Para tanto, é adotado o conceito, apoiado na noção de capital social (PUTNAM, 1996), de capital socioterritorial, que valoriza o enredamento territorial, os laços de coesão e de cooperação e o enraizamento territorial. Inicialmente, é feita uma análise da relação Pessoas por FASFIL com o PIB per capita para as Grandes Regiões e para as Unidades da Federação. Os resultados confirmam os desequilíbrios regionais e os desequilíbrios interestaduais, isto é, onde a relação Pessoas/ FASFIL é mais favorável, a renda per capita é maior. Em seguida, a análise é feita para as principais regiões metropolitanas e para as metrópoles, envolvendo, além do PIB per capita, sete indicadores socioeconômicos (IDH, Índice de Gini, Esperança de vida ao nascer, Mortalidade infantil, Pessoas com nível superior completo, Porcentagem de vulneráveis à pobreza e Formalização dos ocupados). Os resultados são mais expressivos do que na escala das Unidades da Federação, especialmente no nível das metrópoles, ou seja, expressam mais destacadamente a relação entre FASFIL e capital socioterritorial. Abstract SOCIO-TERRITORIAL CAPITAL AND DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN BRAZIL This paper analyzes, based on data from 2010, the social organization in Brazil, measured by the distribution of Private Foundations and Non-Profit Associations (FASFIL), comparing them with the main socioeconomic indicators. The concept of socio-territorial capital is adopted, based on the notion of social capital (PUTNAM, 1996). This concept values the territorial networking, the bonds of cohesion and cooperation and the territorial rooting, that is, the interaction in different sectors and scales. An analysis is made for the relation between by FASFIL and GDP per capita for the Major Regions and for the Federation Units. The results confirm regional imbalances and interstate imbalances, that is, where there is more FASFIL income is higher. The analysis is also done for the main metropolitan regions and for the metropolises, now involving, in addition to GDP per capita, seven socioeconomic indicators (HDI, Gini index, Life expectancy at birth, Infant mortality, Persons with complete upper level, Percentage of vulnerable to poverty and Formalization of the employed). The results are more expressive than in the scale of the Federation Units, especially at the level of the metropolises, that is, they express more prominently the relation between FASFIL and socio territorial capital.

scholarly journals Identification of confounders in the association between self-reported diseases and symptoms and self-rated health in a group of factory workers

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 983-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann ◽  
Nelson Blank
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Common Complaint ◽  
Metallurgical Factory ◽  
Probabilistic Sample ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Self-related health is an important predictor of morbidity and mortality, and much of its effect is influenced by the presence of chronic diseases and/or symptoms. The current study aimed to identify confounders in the association between reported chronic diseases and/or symptoms and self-rated health among workers at a metallurgical factory in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. The study design was cross-sectional, with a probabilistic sample of 482 workers. The information was obtained through a self-administered questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Hierarchical multiple logistic regression models were adjusted. The response rate was 98.6% (n = 475), with 84.8% men, mostly employed on the factory floor (79.4%). Back pain was the most common complaint. The association between chronic diseases and self-rated health showed an odds ratio (OR) of 7.3 (95%CI: 3.7;14.5). After statistical modeling, psychosocial (-25.59%), socioeconomic (-9.29%), and occupational variables (10.54%) were identified as confounders between the outcome and chronic diseases and/or symptoms. The way diseases and/or symptoms act on self-rated health among workers transcends physical aspects.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of recreational football in Brazil: prevalence and association with risk factors for chronic diseases and self-rated health in adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Antonio Florindo ◽  
José Cazuza de Farias Júnior ◽  
Jonathan Charles Kingdon Wells ◽  
Pedro Curi Hallal
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Weekly Frequency

The aim of this study was to describe the social and health characteristics of adults who practice football for recreation in adult living in Brazil. This was a cross-sectional study using data from the VIGITEL Surveillance System. In 2006, 54,369 interviews were carried out with adults. Individuals were classified in three groups: inactive in leisure-time; recreational football participants: one/ two times per week or three or more times per week. We ran descriptive analysis and binary logistic models. Recreation footballers in Brazil are mostly young men of low schooling levels. The southeastern region had the greatest proportion of practitioners in Brazil. Most footballers practiced once or two times per week (75.9%), for 60 minutes or more per day (87.7%), and used public locations (94.2%). Football players had less obesity and poor self-rated health compared with inactive. Football practice seems to provide health and wellbeing benefits, independent of the weekly frequency.

scholarly journals Correlation Between Self-Rated Health and Socioeconomic and Psychological Charasteristics of Ambulatory and Hospitalized Patients Over 44 Years of Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Joana I. Simeonova ◽  
Angelika S. Velkova ◽  
Silvia B. Tsvetkova ◽  
Penka S. Kostadinova ◽  
Petkana A. Hristova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Determinants ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Well Data ◽  
The Unemployed

AbstractThe aim of the study was to identify socioeconomic and psychological determinants of self-rated health among ambulatory and hospitalized patients. A cross-sectional study was carried-out in 2014. Two hundred and twelve patients over 44 years of age filled in a self-administrated questionnaire. Self-rated health (SRH) was measured by 5-point range scale. The level of well-being (WB), sources of social support, personal financial capacity, social status, etc. were studied as well. Data were processed by SPSS.v.19. Parametric and non-parametric statistical methods were applied. Over 70% of patients evaluated their health as fair and good. The persons with higher WB had higher SRH, that correlation was moderate (r=0.452; p=0.001). In regard to the social status the differences were significant - the unemployed, old age retirees or ill health retirees evaluated their health lower (p<0.05). A proportion of patients indicated two or more sources of emotional and instrumental support, but increased number of support sources had no effect on SRH (p>0.05). Identification of socioeconomic and psychological factors of self-rated health allows clarifying better their effect mechanisms and planning appropriate health services

scholarly journals Impact of Socio-Economic Variables on Life Expectancy: An Empirical Study for 138 Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
Mahmoud MOURAD
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact

This study has examined the impact of mortality rate of children under five years of age (MORRATE), physicians (PMP), health expenditure per person (HEPP), access to electricity (AELEC) and GDP per capita on life expectancy at birth (LEB) for one hundred and thirty-eight countries taken as cross-sectional data. The MORRATE ranged from 2.4 to 160.2 (per 1,000 people), thus reflecting an inequality in LEB which fluctuates between 44.8 and 82.8. The PMP varies from 0.01 to 7.74, the HEPP between 16.92 and 8264 USD, the AELEC between 4.1% to 100% and finally the GDP per capita oscillates between 326.6 and 102,863 USD. The multiple linear regression model is estimated using the OLS method and several tests for heteroscedasticity are performed. The null hypothesis of homoscedasticity is rejected and therefore the Weighted Generalized Least Squares) WGLS) method is used to produce unbiased, efficient and consistent estimators. The results showed a negative impact of MORRATE on LEB. A single increase in the number of deceased children leads to a decrease of about 2.12 months in LEB. The HEPP has a positive impact on LEB, so if HEPP rises to 100 USD then the LEB rises by 33 days approximately. When introducing four binary variables characterizing the five continents, and taking Oceania as a reference, the life expectancy in an African country will be about 2.4 years less than the LEB reference. For the other continents, it seems that the values of LEB are very close.

Social capital and self-rated health: A cross-sectional study of the general social survey data comparing rural and urban adults in Ontario

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Buck-McFadyen ◽  
Noori Akhtar-Danesh ◽  
Sandy Isaacs ◽  
Beverly Leipert ◽  
Patricia Strachan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adults

scholarly journals Social network of family caregivers of disabled and dependent patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (spe) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cintia Hitomi Yamashita ◽  
Jaqueline Correia Gaspar ◽  
Fernanda Amendola ◽  
Márcia Regina Martins Alvarenga ◽  
Maria Amélia de Campos Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Spearman Correlation ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Per Capita

Cross-sectional study that used the Social Network Index and the genogram to assess the social network of 110 family caregivers of dependent patients attended by a Home Care Service in São Paulo, Brazil. Data were analyzed using the test U of Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation. Results were considered statistically significant when p<0,05. Few caregivers participated in activities outside the home and the average number of people they had a bond was 4,4 relatives and 3,6 friends. Caregivers who reported pain and those who had a partner had higher average number of relatives who to trust. The average number of friends was higher in the group that reported use of medication for depression. Total and per capita incomes correlated with the social network. It was found that family members are the primary caregiver’s social network.





The Dynamics OF “Neither Agree nor Disagree” Answers in Attitudinal Questions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Truebner
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
British Household Panel Survey ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Response Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Satisficing Behavior

Abstract Attitudinal questions are an integral part of surveys in the social sciences. Previous research based on cross-sectional data has shown that both respondents’ characteristics and questionnaire design can lead to higher use of midpoint responses when questions are operationalized on uneven rating scales. To further current understanding of this phenomenon, in this article we apply hybrid regression models to analyze differences between respondents but also developmental changes within respondents, allowing for a more profound interpretation of the dynamics behind midpoint responses, theoretically explained by satisficing behavior. For our midpoint analyses, we use a set of attitudinal item blocks asked in the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) from 1991 to 2008. Respondents’ reports and interviewers’ judgments offer satisficing-related indicators regarding ability and motivation, enabling particularly accurate analyses of midpoint response behavior in terms of the “neither agree nor disagree” option. Results show that depending on respondents’ specific characteristics, higher use of the midpoint cannot automatically be equated with nonsubstantive response behavior. Furthermore, we demonstrate that specific indicators related to low ability and motivation do not uniformly increase midpoint responses. Application of the hybrid model reveals that changes in respondents’ characteristics do not affect midpoint response. We speculate that there are unobserved personality attributes that affect the propensity to midpoint response and conclude by reflecting on reasons for the increase in midpoint responses over the years.

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