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Dichotomous or categorical response? Analysing self-rated health and lifetime social class

Author(s) -

Orly Manor,

Sharon Matthews,

Chris Power

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/29.1.149

Subject(s) - categorical variable , polytomous rasch model , logistic regression , social class , categorization , socioeconomic status , ordered logit , odds , self rated health , psychology , statistics , regression analysis , demography , medicine , mathematics , item response theory , psychometrics , population , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , political science , law

Self-rated health is a commonly used measure of health status, usually having three to five categories. The measure is often collapsed into a dichotomous variable of good versus less than good health. This categorization has not yet been justified.

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