Factors Associated with Self-Perceived Health Status in the Slovak Republic
Factors Associated with Self-Perceived Health Status in the Slovak Republic

Author(s): Viera Labudova
Subject(s): Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Self-perceived health; EU-SILC; Logistic regression
Summary/Abstract: Self-perceived health (SPH) expresses a subjective assessment by the respondent of his/her health. When assessing his/her health, the respondent states one of the following categories: 1: very good, 2: good, 3: fair, 4: bad, 5: very bad. This paper aimed to analyze the influence of individual characteristics of persons aged 16 and over in the Slovak Republic on the subjective perception of health and quantify the intensity of their impact. For this purpose, a logistic regression model was used to predict "good health" (categories ‘very good’ or ‘good’). As explanatory variables for the logistic regression model have included these demographic or socio-economic indicators: marital status, age, the highest level of education attained based on the ISCED, main activity status, severe material deprivation, equalized household disposable income, degree of urbanization, and NUTS 3 region. The analysis was performed using the SAS Enterprise Guide on a sample of data from the EU SILC 2021 survey.

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