Geographical and household variation in health-related quality of life in Hong Kong

Health & Place
Samuel Yeung Shan WongSian Meryl Griffiths

Abstract

This study investigated individual, household, and area effects in the distribution of mental and physical health scores in Hong Kong. Analysis of data from a large representative survey of randomly sampled 29,561 Chinese adults in 2002. Multilevel regression methods were used to model variance in the physical and mental component of the SF-12 at the individual, household and area levels. Little variance in scores occurred at the area level (0.3% for physical health and 2.1% for mental health), whereas substantial variance occurred at the household level (23.2% for physical health and 37.2% for mental health), and individual level (76.5% for physical health and 60.7% for mental health). Similar to studies conducted in Western countries, these results confirm the importance of individual-, household- and area-level characteristics as important determinants of both mental and physical health. It suggests that area-level characteristics may be more important for mental than physical health.

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