Gender and Health in the Midwest, Metro versus Nonmetro: Insights from the National Health Interview Survey

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This paper tests the proposition that one’s cognitive representations of health are related to one’s perceptions about
happenings in the community. Microdata from a telephone survey of adults aged 18 and older informed the empirical
analysis. Results show that ethnic minorities view illness as one’s loss of personal control; this implies that
treatment must address the patient’s perceptions about interpersonal transgressions or misconduct.