المحددات الديموغرافية و الاجتماعية للتقييم الذاتي للصحة في الأسرة الأردنية

الملخص EN

The goals of this study were to identify self-reported of health status in the Jordanian family (spouses, grandparents, sons and daughters), and determine the effects of socio-demographic variables on respondents> self-reported health status.

To achieve these goals, a questionnaire of face -to- face interviews were used to collect the data from a national sample of 1871 respondents whose age 18 years and above.

Descriptive statistics (percentages) and analytical statistics (forward stepwise regression) were used to analyze the data set.

The results of the descriptive analyses revealed that the majority of the total national sample (85.6%) rated their health status to be very good or good.

But, the self-reported of health of respondents differ according to their status in the family (as spouses or grandparents or sons and daughters).

On the other hand, the results of analytical analyses revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between age and self-reported of health status of spouses, grandparents, sons and daughters.

Also, the analyses demonstrated that there are a statistically significant relationships between level of education, sex, working status, region, family income, place of residence, and marital status on one hand and self-reported of health status of spouses on the other.

Finally, the analyses revealed that there are a statistically significant relationships between variables of social status (level of education and family income) and self-reported of health status of grandparents.