Is self-rated health a valid measure to use in social inequities and health research? Evidence from the PAPFAM women’s data in six Arab countries

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of main variables of interest for the six countries

	Morocco		Algeria		Tunisia		Lebanon		Syria		PT
	(N = 9869)		(N = 7399)		(N = 3902)		(N = 3499)		(N = 6953)		(N = 5098)
Age	34.64 ± 8.80		36.08 ± 7.79		36.46 ± 7.47		38.32 ± 8.58		33.07 ± 8.53		32.98 ± 8.27
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Self-rated health
Good	2812	28	3346	44	1751	46	1965	58	5187	75	3295	65
Fair/Poor	7052	72	4041	56	2146	54	1397	42	1765	25	1803	35
Reporting at least one chronic condition	1387	14	847	12	331	8.7	524	16	626	9	609	12
Education
Primary or less	1666	48	1603	39	1550	59	916	28	2730	53	1659	33
Preparatory	815	25	1365	34	125	5.6	945	30	1197	23	1766	35
Secondary or more	893	27	1172	28	748	36	1179	41	1215	24	1646	33
HH economic status
Poor							1474	44
Middle							1202	36
Rich							669	20
Working status (no)	8312	84	6739	91	3250	80	2773	82	5849	84	4548	90
Home ownership (no)	2612	28	1553	22	649	17	799	26	734	11	747	16
Region
Urban	5053	58	4383	58	2380	67			3731	54	2709	55
Rural	4816	42	3016	42	1522	33			3222	46	1511	28
Refugee camp**											878	17
Region, Lebanon
Beirut/Mt Lebanon							1423	41
Bekaa							602	17
North							724	21
South							750	21
Current smoker	74	0.7	31	0.4	65	1.7	1124	32	712	10	133	2.6
Ever lost a pregnancy (yes)	2305	24	1678	23	1126	29	1124	33	1423	21	2255	44
Menopausal (yes)			694	10	351	9	500	16	807	13	431	9.6

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