Are Interactional Behaviors Exhibited When the Self-Reported Health Question is Asked Associated with Health Status? |
| |
Authors: | Garbarski Dana Schaeffer Nora Cate Dykema Jennifer |
| |
Institution: | a Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 8128 William H. Sewell Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, United States b Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 707 WARF Building, 610 N. Walnut St., Madison, WI 53726, United States c University of Wisconsin Survey Center, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53706, United States |
| |
Abstract: | The self-reported health question summarizes information about health status across several domains of health and is widely used to measure health because it predicts mortality well. We examine whether interactional behaviors produced by respondents and interviewers during the self-reported health question-answer sequence reflect complexities in the respondent’s health history. We observed more problematic interactional behaviors during question-answer sequences in which respondents reported worse health. Furthermore, these behaviors were more likely to occur when there were inconsistencies in the respondent’s health history, even after controlling for the respondent’s answer to the self-reported health question, cognitive ability, and sociodemographic characteristics. We also found that among respondents who reported “excellent” health, and to a lesser extent among those who reported their health was “very good,” problematic interactional behaviors were associated with health inconsistencies. Overall, we find evidence that the interactional behaviors exhibited during the question-answer sequence are associated with the respondent’s health status. |
| |
Keywords: | Self-reported health Interactional behaviors Interaction coding Interviewer-respondent interaction Cognitive ability Health Question-answer sequences |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|