本文旨在探討成年人社會經濟地位與健康的關係，採用臺灣「2001年國民健康訪問調查」資料，針對12歲以上所適用的個人問卷中，選取25歲以上的受訪民眾為研究對象，以教育程度、所得作為社會經濟地位的衡量指標，而健康則以個人的自覺健康狀態衡量，在被解釋變數為成年人的自覺健康狀態時，本研究利用序列機率迴歸模型進行實證研究分析。 本研究實證結果顯示，在控制成年人的個人特徵下，健康衡量指標為自覺健康狀態時，臺灣地區成年人社會經濟地位會直接影響自身的健康狀況，其中以教育程度與所得對健康有正向且顯著的影響。 ;This study aimed to examine the relationship between the socioeconomics status and health status by employing observations of adults aged 25 and the above extracted from 2001 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data in Taiwan. An individual’s socioeconomics was indicated by household income and year of schooling, and the health was represented by the self-evaluated health stauts. This study used ordered probit regression model to conduct empirical analysis. The research results indicated that an individual’s SES (income and education) is positively associated with his/her health status with the individual’s characteristics has been controlled.
