Does socioeconomic status modify how individuals perceive or describe their own health? An assessment of reporting heterogeneity in the Health Survey for England

This analysis suggests that people from more deprived areas who report themselves to be in poor health may have worse health, as measured by EQ-5D, than those from less deprived areas. This could lead to an underestimation of health inequalities, including in measures, such as healthy life expectancy in England, that incorporate SRH data.