Preventive Medicine
Volume 127 October 2019
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/preventive-medicine/vol/127/suppl/C

Research article Abstract only
Association between numeracy and self-rated poor health in 33 high- and upper middle- income countries
Justin Rodgers, Sujay Kakarmath, Vanessa Denis, Marta Encinas-Martin, S.V. Subramanian
Article 105872
Highlights
:: Numeracy is inversely correlated with poor self-rated health.
:: Associations are robust to adjustment for literacy, education, and sociodemographic factors.
:: Low levels of general literacy may exacerbate the numeracy-health relationship.
:: The numeracy-self-rated health relationship varies by gender, education, and across countries.
:: Interventions aimed at improving both numeracy and literacy may yield greater improvements in population health.