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Comparing Predictors of Positive and Negative Self-Rated Health Between Younger (25-54) and Older (55+) Canadian Adults

A Longitudinal Study of Well-Being

Shahin Shooshtari

The University of Manitoba

Verena Menec

The University of Manitoba

Robert Tate

The University of Manitoba

The objectives of this study were to explore age variations in predictors of positive and negative self-rated health and examine whether the determinants of positive and negative self-rated health are mirror images. Longitudinal data were used from the National Population Health Survey for a nationally representative cohort of Canadians aged 25 years and older (N = 9,371) to predict positive and negative self-rated health among younger and older Canadian adults separately. Self-rated health was confirmed as a multidimensional concept. There were variations in determinants of positive and negative self-rated health for the younger and the older Canadian adults. Determinants of self-rated health include but are not limited to physical health and functioning. Self-rated health is a dynamic evaluation influenced by changes over time in individuals' physical and psychosocial health, genetic endowment, socioeconomic status and health behaviors. Determinants of positive and negative self-rated health are not mirror images.

Key Words: self-rated health • national population health survey • longitudinal analysis • older adults • younger adults

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Research on Aging, Vol. 29, No. 6, 512-554 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027507305729
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