Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in self assessed health in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorSözmen K.
dc.contributor.authorBaydur H.
dc.contributor.authorSimsek H.
dc.contributor.authorÜnal B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:19:10Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:19:10Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIntroduction. This study aimed to measure socioeconomic inequalities in Self Assessed Health (SAH) and evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions amongst the Turkish population. Methods. We used data from the Turkish part of World Health Survey 2003 with 10,287 respondents over 18 years old. Concentration index (CI) of SAH was calculated as a measure of socioeconomic inequalities in health, and contributions of each determinant to inequality were evaluated using a decomposition method. Results: In total 952 participants (9.3%) rated their health status as either bad or very bad. The CI for SAH was -0.15, suggesting that suboptimal SAH was reported more by those categorised as poor. The multiple logistic regression results indicated that having secondary, primary or less than primary school education, not being married and being in the lowest wealth quintile, significantly increased the risk of having poor SAH. The largest contributions to inequality were attributed to education level (70.7%), household economic status (9.7%) and geographical area lived in (8.4%). Conclusion: The findings indicate that socioeconomic inequalities measured by SAH are apparent amongst the Turkish population. Education and household wealth were the greatest contributing factors to SAH inequality. These inequalities need to be explicitly addressed and vulnerable subgroups should be targeted to reduce the socioeconomic disparities. © 2012 Sözmen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1186/1475-9276-11-73
dc.identifier.issn14759276
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/17566
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectEducational Status
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Status
dc.subjectHealth Status Disparities
dc.subjectHealth Surveys
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLogistic Models
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectSelf-Assessment
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Factors
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectassessment method
dc.subjectdata set
dc.subjectdecomposition
dc.subjecteconomic analysis
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectgeographical region
dc.subjecthealth risk
dc.subjecthealth survey
dc.subjectpopulation structure
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjecteducational status
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthealth status
dc.subjecthealth survey
dc.subjecthousehold
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmultivariate logistic regression analysis
dc.subjectprimary school
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectself evaluation
dc.subjectsocial status
dc.subjectsocioeconomics
dc.subjectTurkey (republic)
dc.titleDecomposing socioeconomic inequalities in self assessed health in Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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