Socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health in Japan, 32 European countries and the United States: an international comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Japan is known as a country with low self-rated health despite high life expectancy. We compared socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health in Japan with those in 32 European countries and the US using nationally representative samples.

Methods

We analysed individual data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions (Japan), the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (US) in 2016. We used ordered logistic regression models with four ordinal categories of self-rated health as an outcome, and educational level or occupational class as independent variables, controlling for age.

Results

In Japan, about half the population perceived their health as 'fair', which was much higher than in

SUBMITTER: Tanaka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature