Trends in Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health in Czech School-aged Children: HBSC Study
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
28752749
DOI
10.21101/cejph.a4820
PII: cejph.a4820
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- adolescents, life satisfaction, self-rated health, study, time trends,
- MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Longitudinal Studies MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Personal Satisfaction * MeSH
- Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
- Health Behavior * MeSH
- Health Status * MeSH
- Health Surveys * MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to examine cross-sectional time trends of life satisfaction and self-rated health in a representative sample of Czech children aged 11, 13 and 15 years using the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study data from the Czech Republic. METHODS: Data from survey years 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 was used. The sample consisted of 16,357 participants (48.5% of boys). Life satisfaction (LS) was measured by Cantril's ladder; self-rated health was measured through the simple item "Would you say your health is: excellent, good, fair, poor". RESULTS: Most of the children were satisfied with their lives in all surveyed years (mean LS scores range from 7.21 to 7.51; maximum 10). LS was consistently significantly associated (p<0.001) with age and gender. Overall, children and adolescents in the Czech Republic also reported good health. In total, 87.6% of respondents from all samples reported their health as excellent or good. Gender was found to be significantly associated with self-rated health (p<0.05) in all surveyed years. CONCLUSIONS: No permanent trends in both followed indicators have been seen in the examined period.
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