Abstract: Self-Perceived Health is a subjective measure of overall health status. Individuals' self-assessment of their health may include many aspects that are difficult to capture clinically, such as disease harshness, early stages of disease, psychological and physiological conditions and social function. The aim of this study is to assess the socio, demographic, economic and lifestyle factor correlates of self-perceived health status in a population of capital city of Kerala. Data from 300 sample households with 1078 individuals, had collected through a household survey and analyzed. The independent variables included are demographic characteristics, economic level, employment status, smoking and alcohol intake. Binary logistic regression method is used to assess the association of self-perceived health with demographic, economic and lifestyle factors. In the regression models of unadjusted and multivariate adjustment for all covariates with the backward stepwise elimination procedure shows that the significant “predictors” of poor self-perceived health status were age and gender. Furthermore, alcohol intake was a significant “determinant” of poor self-perceived health in this study population.
Keywords: health, self-perceived health status, Kerala, alcohol.
Title: SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC OCCUPATIONAL AND LIFESTYLE FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO SELF PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS
Author: Saisree K G
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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