Impact of Socioeconomic Status and the Big Five Personality Traits on Self-Rated Health among the Latvian Population Age 50+

Description

Health status is usually measured by objective factors such as the presence of chronic diseases, disabilities, or long-term illness. However, single-item measures such as Self-Rated Health (SRH) are found to be a better predictor of health than objective factors because SRH reflects a multifactorial construct with a wide range of influences. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the associated factors of SRH such as education level and employment status, demographic factors, and personality traits. . The analysis is based on Latvian data derived from The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 8 (n=781). The multinomial logistic regression model was used.. A quarter (23.9%, n=187) of the study participants rated their health condition as good, while half (51.7%, n=404) of the respondents rated it as fair. Among all Big Five Personality Traits, the highest median score was observed for conscientiousness (4.0, IQR 3.5-4.5) and agreeableness (3.5, IQR 3.0-4.0). For the rest of the indicators (extraversion, neuroticism, openness), the median score was 3.0. In multivariate analysis (adjusted for all independent variables simultaneously), good SRH was significantly negatively associated with only one personality trait: neuroticism (odds ratio (OR) 0.47, p

Period	29 Mar 2023
Event title	RSU Research week 2023: Society. Health. Welfare
Event type	Conference
Conference number	9
Organiser	Rīga Stradiņš University
Location	Riga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International