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Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study.

Lindström, Martin LU (2009) In Health Policy 93. p.172-179
Abstract
AIMS: Associations between marital status and self-rated health were investigated, adjusting for material conditions and trust (social capital). METHODS: The 2004 public-health survey in Skåne is a cross-sectional study. A total of 27,757 persons aged 18-80 years answered a postal questionnaire, which represents 59% of the random sample. A logistic regression model was used to investigate associations between marital status and self-rated health, adjusting for economic problems and trust. RESULTS: The prevalence of poor self-rated health was 28.7% among men and 33.2% among women. Older respondents, respondents born abroad, with medium/low education, low emotional support, low instrumental support, economic problems, low trust, never... (More)
AIMS: Associations between marital status and self-rated health were investigated, adjusting for material conditions and trust (social capital). METHODS: The 2004 public-health survey in Skåne is a cross-sectional study. A total of 27,757 persons aged 18-80 years answered a postal questionnaire, which represents 59% of the random sample. A logistic regression model was used to investigate associations between marital status and self-rated health, adjusting for economic problems and trust. RESULTS: The prevalence of poor self-rated health was 28.7% among men and 33.2% among women. Older respondents, respondents born abroad, with medium/low education, low emotional support, low instrumental support, economic problems, low trust, never married and divorced had significantly higher odds ratios of poor self-rated health than their respective reference group. Low trust was significantly higher among the divorced and unmarried compared to the married/cohabitating. Adjustment for economic problems but not for trust reduced the odds ratios of poor self-rated health among the divorced, which became not significant among men. CONCLUSIONS: Never married and the divorced have significantly higher age-adjusted odds ratios of poor self-rated health than the married/cohabitating group. Economic problems but not trust seem to affect the association between marital status and poor self-rated health. (Less)
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  author       = {{Lindström, Martin}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Health Policy}},
  title        = {{Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010}},
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