Income, Self-Rated Health, and Morbidity. A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies
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Income, Self-Rated Health, and Morbidity. A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies. / Reche, Elena; König, Hans-Helmut; Hajek, André.
in: INT J ENV RES PUB HE, Jahrgang 16, Nr. 16, 12.08.2019, S. 2884.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Review › Forschung
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T1 - Income, Self-Rated Health, and Morbidity. A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies
AU - Reche, Elena
AU - König, Hans-Helmut
AU - Hajek, André
PY - 2019/8/12
Y1 - 2019/8/12
N2 - If people were asked whether income changes influence self-rated health and morbidity, they would probably answer yes. Indeed, previous studies validated this assumption, but most of them used cross-sectional data and only considered self-rated health as the decisive factor. On the other hand, there are a few studies using longitudinal data, which found a much smaller association between income and self-rated health. In order to give a conclusive overview of the current study situation, this review summarizes and examines studies which use only longitudinal data. In addition to self-rated health, the effects of income on the objective factor of morbidity were also investigated. The review includes a total of 14 papers that use data from seven different countries. It concludes that there is a small, statistically significant, positive impact of increased income on self-rated health, but a negative association between income growth and morbidity. Taking the limitations of confounders, attrition, and selection bias into account, the results may even be insignificant.
AB - If people were asked whether income changes influence self-rated health and morbidity, they would probably answer yes. Indeed, previous studies validated this assumption, but most of them used cross-sectional data and only considered self-rated health as the decisive factor. On the other hand, there are a few studies using longitudinal data, which found a much smaller association between income and self-rated health. In order to give a conclusive overview of the current study situation, this review summarizes and examines studies which use only longitudinal data. In addition to self-rated health, the effects of income on the objective factor of morbidity were also investigated. The review includes a total of 14 papers that use data from seven different countries. It concludes that there is a small, statistically significant, positive impact of increased income on self-rated health, but a negative association between income growth and morbidity. Taking the limitations of confounders, attrition, and selection bias into account, the results may even be insignificant.
KW - Health Status
KW - Humans
KW - Income
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Morbidity
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16162884
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16162884
M3 - SCORING: Review article
C2 - 31409047
VL - 16
SP - 2884
JO - INT J ENV RES PUB HE
JF - INT J ENV RES PUB HE
SN - 1660-4601
IS - 16
ER -