@article{ref1,
title="Gender and validity of self-rated health in nineteen European countries",
journal="Scandinavian journal of public health",
year="2017",
author="Baćak, Valerio and Ólafsdóttir, Sigrún",
volume="45",
number="6",
pages="647-653",
abstract="AIMS: The aims of this study were to: (1) examine the concurrent validity of self-rated health for mental and physical health in Europe; and (2) evaluate whether self-rated health predicts health problems differentially by gender. <br><br>METHODS: Data are from 19 European countries surveyed in the 2014 European Social Survey. We applied ordinary least squares regression to examine the association between self-rated health and summary indicators of physical and mental health problems. <br><br>RESULTS: We observed an association between self-rated health and both physical and mental health problems in all countries. Gender differences in the concurrent validity of self-rated health were documented in eleven out of 19 countries. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Self-rated health is a valid and efficient measure of physical and mental health across the European continent, with significantly greater concurrent validity among women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1403-4948",
doi="10.1177/1403494817717405",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494817717405"
}