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Abstract
This paper uses the Canadian Community Health Survey of 2003 to examine health perceptions among elderly Canadians (age 60 and over). The results indicate that individual factors explain more of the variation in perceived health compared to community factors (employment rate, incidence of low income, percentage of visible minority, percentage of Canadians and percentage of non-family persons in private households). Among individual factors, age, sense of community belonging, education and income adequacy are particularly important in determining how individuals perceive their health. On the other hand, among community factors, the incidence of low income, percentage of visible minority and percentage of non-family persons had an independent effect on perceived health.
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Omariba, D. Walter Rasugu
(2006)
"Neighbourhood Characteristics, Individual and Household Attributes and Health Perception among Elderly Canadians,"
PSC Discussion Papers Series: Vol. 20:
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1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/pscpapers/vol20/iss1/1
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Discussion Paper no. 06-01