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Perceived health status by socio-economic status

This dataset presents data on <b>perceived health status by income quintile</b> (the proportion of persons aged 15 years old and over within the highest and lowest income quintiles who report their health to be ‘good/very good’). <b>Quintile 1 (Lowest 20% of income group)</b> and <b>Quintile 5 (Highest 20% of income group)</b> are taken into account.

<p />This dataset also includes data on <b>perceived health status by education level</b> (proportion of persons aged 15 years old and over by level of education who report their health to be “good” or “better”.) The following education levels are taken into account: Low education (ISCED 0 to 2), Medium education (ISCED 3 and 4), and High education (ISCED 5 to 8).

<p />Please refer to the <a target="_blank" href="https://stats.oecd.org/wbos/fileview2.aspx?IDFile=8a7730a3-44ce-46d0-b736-e8dc255d654d">Sources and Methods</a> for detailed country-specific information.