Income and housing satisfaction and their association with self-rated health in different life stages. A fixed effects analysis using a German panel study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aim to investigate the effect of income and housing satisfaction on self-rated health in different life stages.

Design

A population-based panel study (German Socio-Economic Panel).

Participants

The final sample consisted of 384 280 observations from 50 004 persons covering the period between 1994 and 2016.

Outcome measures

Average marginal effects were calculated based on fixed effects regressions to obtain the effect of changes in income and housing satisfaction on changes in self-rated health for each year of age. Self-rated health was assessed on a 5-point scale, with higher values indicating better health.

Results

Changes in income and housing satisfaction showed a small association with changes in self-rated health. The association was

SUBMITTER: Knochelmann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7279665 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature