title: Socioeconomic position, gender, and inequalities in self-rated health between Roma and non-Roma in Serbia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Roma experience high levels of discrimination and social exclusion. Our objective was to examine differences in self-rated health (SRH) between Roma and non-Roma in Serbia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from the 2007 Living Standards Measurement Survey in Serbia (n = 14,313), we used binomial regression to estimate the relative risk (RR) of poor (SRH) among Roma (n = 267) relative to non-Roma. We additionally conducted group comparisons of combinations of Romani ethnicity, poverty, and gender, relative to the baseline group of non-Roma males not in poverty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adjusting for age, Roma were more than twice as likely as non-Roma to report poor SRH (RR = 2.3, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.8, 2.8). After adjustment for household consumption, employment, and education, the RR was reduced to 1.6 (95% CI = 1.3, 2.0). Romani women, regardless of whether they were living in poverty or not, experienced the greatest risk of poor SRH, with risks relative to non-Roma males not in poverty of 3.2 (95% CI = 2.3, 4.2) and 3.1 (95% CI = 2.4, 4.0), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Roma in Serbia are at increased risk of poor SRH; Romani women experience the greatest burden of poor SRH.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Global Health Initiative, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8206, USA. teresa.janevic@yale.edu
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janevic
authors.forename: Janko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006178:Romani People; D055771:Serbia; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D055815:Young Adult