Health behavior inequalities among Lithuanian, Polish and Russian school-aged children in Lithuania
| Autor: | Apolinaras Zaborskis, Ilona Lenčiauskienė, Linas Šumskas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Response rate (survey)
business.industry education Multilevel model Ethnic group General Medicine Lithuanian language.human_language self-rated health Health promotion health behavior inequalities Environmental health Respondent language Medicine Nationality ethnicity adolescents business Demography Self-rated health |
| Zdroj: | Open Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 97-107 (2010) |
| ISSN: | 2391-5463 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to compare and get a deeper insight into issues of the health and health behavior inequalities among Lithuanian, Polish and Russian school-aged children in national and international contexts. Investigations were carried out in the framework of Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study — a WHO collaborative cross-national survey. Five thousand seven hundred and seventy six randomly selected students aged 11, 13, and 15 years of age answered questionnaires in the classroom in 108 schools located in different regions in Lithuania in March–April of 2006. Questions on perceived health and health related behaviors were addressed to the respondent (response rate was 95 %). 5632 questionnaires were selected for further analysis by the international data center in Bergen. SPSS version 11.5 and multilevel analysis program MLwiN 2.0 was applied for statistical analysis of data. Relatively minor inequalities in health and health behavior were established when comparing different health and health behavior indicators in Lithuanian, Polish and Russian school-aged children in Lithuania. These disparities are lower in comparison with differences, which were established among respondents of HBSC international studies. Odds ratios to have negative self-rated health evaluation were higher in girls of Russian (OR-1.71, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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