Implications of Spanish interviews in health surveys as collected in the United States: The case of Self-Reported Health

ABSTRACT: This is an original investigation of self-reported health status among Hispanic adults from 1997 to 2018 in the United States (US). Previous research has shown there is a widening gap in poor/fair self-reported health between Hispanics who answer health surveys in English and those who answer in Spanish that cannot be explained by demographic/socioeconomic characteristics, assimilation or region of residence. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey (1997–2018), this study explores the patterns underlying the recent increase in self-reported health among Hispanic adults in the United States by estimating the percent of the population reporting poor/fair health status by language of interview and place of birth. Central to this study is the use of ‘regular’ as a translation to “

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature