True health vs response styles: exploring cross-country differences in self-reported health.

By Hendrik Jürges. Health Economics, 2007

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Social involvement, behavioural risks and cognitive functioning among older people (2009, background): “In the context of cross-cultural analysis, Börsch-Supan, Hank and Jürges (2005), and in more detail Jürges (2007), have addressed the role of reporting styles, their impact on crosscountry differences in self-assessed health and comparability of health measures.”
The effect of compulsory schooling on health—evidence from biomarkers (2009, unknown): “Self-reports of health are subject to considerable under-, over-, or misreporting, depending on the circumstances and dimensions at hand (e.g. Jürges 2007, 2008; Bago d'Uva et al. 2008).”
Do Danes and Italians Rate Life Satisfaction in the Same Way? Using Vignettes to Correct for Individual‐Specific Scale Biases (2014, unknown): “Scale differences might reflect group-specific characteristics, such as socio-economic conditions (Frey and Stutzer, 2002b) or cultural connotations (Inglehart and Rabier, 1986; Diener and Suh, 2000; Inglehart and Klingemann, 2000; Uchida, Norasakkunit and Kitayama, 2004; Jürges, 2007) that prompt u”
Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old: An Analysis for Germany (2010, background): “8 According to Jürges (2007), Germans largely underrate their true health status.”