TY - JOUR T1 - Social influences on trajectories of self-rated health: a comparative study of four OECD countries JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 75 LP - 75 DO - 10.1136/jech.2009.096727w VL - 63 IS - Suppl 2 AU - A. Sacker AU - D. Worts AU - P. McDonough Y1 - 2009/10/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/63/Suppl_2/75.abstract N2 - To describe average national trajectories of self-rated health over a 7-year period, identify social determinants of cross-sectional and longitudinal health; and compare cross-national patterns.Prospective nationally representative household panel studies (the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics; British Household Panel Survey; the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey; the Danish panel from the European Community Household Panel Survey).The US, Britain, Germany and Denmark.Household heads and their partners of working age throughout follow-up (US: 4855; Britain: … ER -