Social and Psychosocial Determinants of Self-Rated Health in Central and Eastern Europe

1 Introduction.- 1. East-West Difference.- 2. Main Interest and Hypotheses.- 3. Study Design and Data.- 4. Contributors to the Project.- 5. Structure.- 2 Background.- 1. Health Status in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe.- 2. Self-Rated Health.- 3. Socioeconomic Factors.- 4. Psychosocial Factors.- 3 Populations and Methods.- 1. Populations.- 2. Description of the Data.- 3. Statistical power of the Study.- 4. Statistical Analysis.- 4 Results.- 1. Descriptive Characteristics of Study Subjects and Populations.- 2. Socioeconomic Characteristics and Marital Status.- 3. Perceived Control and other Psycho-Social Factors not Related to Work.- 4. Measures of Socioeconomic Inequality at the Population Level.- 5. Work related Psychosocial Factors.- 6. Analyses Using other Endpoints.- 5 Discussion.- 1. Methodological Issues.- 2. Consistency of the Results with other Studies.- 3. Does this Research Help to Understand the Health Crisis in CCEE?.- 6 Conclusions.- References.- Appendix 1.- Chewe Questionnaire.- Appendix 2.- Physical Functioning.- Appendix 3.- Coding of Work Characteristics.