Reporting biases in self-assessed physical and cognitive health status of older Europeans.

ABSTRACT: This paper explores which demographic characteristics substantially bias self-reported physical and cognitive health status of older Europeans. The analysis utilises micro-data for 19 European countries from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to compare performance-tested outcomes of mobility and memory with their self-reported equivalents. Relative importance analysis based on multinomial logistic regressions shows that the bias in self-reported health is mostly due to reporting heterogeneities between countries and age groups, whereas gender contributes little to the discrepancy. Concordance of mobility and cognition measures is highly related; however, differences in reporting behaviour due to education and cultural background have a larger impact on self-assessed mem

SUBMITTER: Spitzer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6783110 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature