An Assessment of the Self-Rated General Health of Vietnam and German Elderly

Authors : Hung Manh NGUYEN

Pages : 162-170

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Publication Date : 2016-06-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The main aim of this study is to compare the differences in self-rated general health of the elderly between Vietnam and Germany. There is significant difference in physical health domain insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(B = 4.30, p = 0.05);, marking a possible tendency for the Vietnamese sample to show higher values, and R² insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.024); accounts for 24% of variance in self-rated physical health, supports the stableness of country as a predictor for self-rated physical health status. There is no significant difference in mental health domain between Vietnamese and German samples. There is also difference in age group of the two samples.
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