Titre : | Cohort differences in self-rated health : Evidence from a three-decade, community-based, longitudinal study of women. (2007) |
Auteurs : | HENIAN CHEN (.) : USA. Department of Biostatistics. New York State Psychiatric Institute. New York. NY. ; COHEN (Patricia) : USA. Department of Epidemiology. Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia University. New York. NY. ; Stephanie KASEN ; New York State Psychiatric Institute. Department of Epidemiology. New York. NY. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 166, n° 4, 2007) |
Pagination : | 439-446 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Etude comparée ; Autoévaluation ; Communauté ; Femme ; Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Etat santé |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 5rR0xLhP. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Despite the fact that life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century, the US public has become increasingly preoccupied with issues of health and illness. In this study, the authors investigated cohort differences in self-rated health between women born in 1935-1944 (preboomers) and women born in 1945-1954 (baby boomers). A randomly selected, community-based sample of 618 mothers, 314 preboomers, and 304 baby boomers was interviewed. Over three decades, self-rated health was assessed in 1975,1983,1985-1986,1991-1994, and 2001-2004. An individual growth model showed a linear decline (-0.61 per year, p |