Importance The paper explores a concept of self-reported health – a multidimensional indicator of population health that is directly related to mortality levels. This indicator is now widely applied in surveys on economic and health status in different countries. Objectives The research revealed socio-economic, behavioral and psychological factors that affected self-reported health of the Russian citizens in 2014 and estimated their positive and negative effects on the self-reported health status. Methods The research is based on econometric modeling, i.e. construction of three specifications of a logistic regression and estimation of model coefficients and levels of their significance. Results The model confirms a positive effect of income, higher education, abstinence from smoking, physical activity, and life satisfaction on individual’s health status. In the mean time little control over life, sedentary lifestyle, older age, and single marital status may make respondents more probably assess their health status as poor. Conclusions and Relevance To improve the population health, the government should influence socio-economic, behavioral and psychological determinants of self-rated health through a policy aimed at expansion of individuals' capabilities. These capabilities are education, guaranteed income, professional fulfillment, sports. When the government creates a favorable environment for living and development, individual health status will depend only on his/her own attitude and activities to improve it through education, healthy lifestyle and fulfillment. The findings can be used to formulate and implement respective governmental policies for improving population health.
Keywords: self-reported health, socio-economic factors, life satisfaction
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