Democracy and self-rated health across 67 countries: A multilevel analysis

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dc.citation.firstpage137en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSocial Science & Medicineen_US
dc.citation.lastpage144en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber143en_US
dc.contributor.authorKrueger, Patrick M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDovel, Kathrynen_US
dc.contributor.authorDenney, Justin T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-21T17:01:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-10-21T17:01:01Zen_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractExisting research has found a positive association between countries' level of democratic governance and the health of their populations, although that research is limited by the use of data from small numbers of high-income countries or aggregate data that do not assess individual-level health outcomes. We extend prior research by using multilevel World Health Survey (2002-2004) data on 313,554 individuals in 67 countries, and find that the positive association between democratic governance and self-rated health persists after adjusting for both individual- and country-level confounders. However, the mechanisms linking democracy and self-rated health remain unclear. Individual-level measures of socioeconomic status, and country-level measures of economic inequality and investments in public health and education, do not significantly mediate the association between democratic governance and self-rated health. The persistent association between democratic governance and health suggests that the political organization of societies may be an important upstream determinant of population health.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKrueger, Patrick M., Dovel, Kathryn and Denney, Justin T.. "Democracy and self-rated health across 67 countries: A multilevel analysis." <i>Social Science & Medicine,</i> 143, (2015) Elsevier: 137-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.047.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.047en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/91984en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier.en_US
dc.subject.keywordcorruptionen_US
dc.subject.keyworddemocracyen_US
dc.subject.keywordglobal healthen_US
dc.subject.keywordpolitical epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordself-rated healthen_US
dc.subject.keywordworld health surveyen_US
dc.titleDemocracy and self-rated health across 67 countries: A multilevel analysisen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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