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Association Between Self-Assessed Health and Attitude Towards Own Health

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  • Irina Možajeva

    (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)

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This paper explores association between health and attitude towards own health in two dimensions – taking care of own health and lifestyle. We apply two-dimensional stereotype logit model to estimate association between self-assessed health and attitude towards health, after accounting for socioeconomic factors. We find evidence of strong positive association between health status and (perceived) taking care of own health and lifestyle. Analysis of perception of the two concepts – "taking care of own health" and "healthy lifestyle" – provides insights into possible reasons of not very good indicators of health behaviour among Latvian population.

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  • Irina Možajeva, 2014. "Association Between Self-Assessed Health and Attitude Towards Own Health," Economic Research Guardian, Weissberg Publishing, vol. 4(2), pages 97-120, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wei:journl:v:4:y:2014:i:2:p:97-120
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    Keywords

    Self-assessed health; Attitude towards health; Lifestyle; Stereotype logit;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection

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