Perceived general health is a widely used measure of general health. One of the methods governments use to assess the positive aspects of health is to survey the population's self-perceived health status. Subjective or self-reported health status is not a substitute for more objective indicators but rather complements them: reports of self-perceived health introduce a consumer perspective into population health monitoring and reveal aspects of health that may not become apparent with more traditional measures.
Within the Eurothine project, relative inequalities in self assessed health by level of education were compared between 19 European countries. These comparative data of self assessed health are presented for both men and women in the EUphocus Health inequalities.
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The ECHP was carried out during the period 1994-2001 (Eurostat). The ECHP is a longitudinal, multi-subject survey covering many aspects of daily life, particularly employment and income, but also demographic characteristics, environment, education and health. The ECHP is a unique source of information due to its three main characteristics. These are (1) its multidimensional coverage of a range of topics simultaneously, (2) a standardised methodology and procedures yielding comparable information across countries and (3) a longitudinal or panel design. This longitudinal design makes it possible to follow up and interview the same private households and persons over several consecutive years. In all, the sample covers some 60 000 households comprising 130 000 adults aged 16 or over at 31 December of the previous year. The first wave took place in 1994, when the EU had only 12 Member States, so Austria, Finland and Sweden were not included.
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