title: [Significance of migration patterns on self-evaluated health among Norwegian women aged 34-69 years].
abstract: In order to study how internal migration effects the evaluation of one's health, information was collected by a postal questionnaire from a total of 75,750 women during 1991-1992 (34-49 years) and 1995-1996 (45-69 years). The women were selected at random from the Norwegian National Register. All the women were sent a questionnaire and one reminder. The overall response rate was 56.5%, decreasing with increasing age. Women who had lived in the same area since childhood were considered "non-movers", while those who lived in a different area to where they grew up were classified as "internal movers". We found that among people who were brought up and still lived in northern Norway there was a higher rate of their reporting poor or very poor health than among "non-movers" in southern Norway. The adjusted relative rate was 1.39 (1.29-1.49). The reason for the higher rates could be semantic differences, more actual illness, or the effect of selective migration of healthy individuals out of the region of northern Norway.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Tromsø.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumle
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sandaune
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012423:Rural Health; D012649:Self Concept; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014504:Urban Health
vernacular_title: Flyttemønsterets betydning for selvvurdert helse blant norske kvinner i alderen 34-69 år.