Are Israelis becoming healthier? Trends in self-rated health, 2002–2018

Table 1 Linear regression models of self-rated health, Israel 2002–2018

	Percent	Model 1		Model 2
		b	*S.E.*	b	*S.E.*
Gender
Female	52.1	−0.077	0.005	−0.305	0.049
Male	47.9	0.000	–	0.000	–
Age group
30–34	14.2	0.000	–	0.000	–
35–39	12.8	−0.101	0.010	−0.105	0.010
40–44	12.0	−0.213	0.010	−0.222	0.010
45–49	10.9	−0.364	0.010	−0.369	0.010
50–54	10.3	−0.522	0.010	−0.525	0.010
55–59	9.6	−0.670	0.011	−0.678	0.011
60–64	8.1	−0.778	0.011	−0.801	0.011
65–74	11.9	−1.015	0.010	−1.036	0.010
75+	10.2	−1.374	0.011	−1.393	0.011
Marital status
Single	8.0	−0.086	0.010	−0.102	0.009
Married	74.6	0.000	–	0.000	–
Divorced or separated	9.5	−0.155	0.009	−0.164	0.009
Widowed	7.9	−0.214	0.011	−0.201	0.011
Religion and religiosity
Non-religious Jew	70.2	0.000	–	0.000	–
Religious Jew	8.2	0.013	0.009	0.007	0.009
Ultra-Orthodox Jew	5.4	0.199	0.011	0.174	0.011
Muslim	11.2	−0.240	0.008	−0.263	0.008
Christian	3.5	−0.232	0.014	−0.238	0.014
Druze	1.5	−0.246	0.021	−0.262	0.021
Education
No academic degree	69.0	0.000	–	0.000	–
Academic Degree	31.0	0.249	0.006	0.442	0.054
Unemployed	3.8	−0.122	0.013	−0.104	0.013
Expenditure on health per capita	–	–	–	0.087	0.004
Interaction with gender	–	–	–	0.024	0.005
Interaction with academic degree	–	–	–	−0.022	0.006
Constant	–	3.635	0.008	2.830	0.039
R²		0.290		0.299
Number of cases	95,749

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