Academic Scientific JournalsSelf-assessment of health status among seniors in the European Union
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https://doi.org/10.26881/jpgs.2025.3.01Keywords:
Health self-assessment, seniors, Kohonen method, European UnionAbstract
The aim of this paper was to determine the level of self-assessment of health status among the senior population of the European Union (EU). The analysis used quantitative data from Eurostat. An objective division of EU countries was adopted based on their geographical location. The phenomenon was characterised using basic demographic measures, especially selected indicators describing the health conditions of seniors. A statistically advanced method rarely used in social studies – Kohonen self-organising neural networks – was applied. This method identified four types of health self-assessment among the senior population of the EU Member States for the years 2013 and 2022. Based on the typology, the highest level of self-assessment was observed in five countries (Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, and Belgium), while the lowest concerned eight countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, and Portugal).
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