Rosnah Ismail and Tengku Aizan Hamid and Low, Wah Yun (2008) Socioeconomic determinants of self-rated health among older Malaysians: Non-comparative and age-comparative models. International Journal of Psychology, 43 (3-4). p. 74. ISSN 0020-7594
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Abstract
The study was to determine the effect of selected socioeconomic variables on self-rated health (SRH) of older persons. Total respondents is 2,980. Mean age is 70 years old (M=70.43, SD=7.23), males (50.5%), Malays (56.9%), married (56.2%) and primary education (44.6%), median income is USD106 a month. The independent variables accounted for 7.4% of variance in noncomparative SRH (F=35.33, df=6, p=0.000), with greatest effect is age, education, ethnicity, marital status and monthly income. Results indicated differences in the two measures of SRH, as the age-comparative single item naturally has weaker correlation with age. The study investigated the direct impact of socioeconomic factors on SRH and compared two separate models.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Psychology, Socioeconomic, Self-rated health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic history and conditions H Social Sciences > HM Sociology (General) > HM(1)-1281 Sociology > HM1001-1281 Social psychology |
| Department: | SCHOOL > School of Psychology and Social Work |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2011 15:57 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2017 10:26 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/1327 |
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