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This chapter focuses on the relationship between various demographic characteristics and the response of individuals and groups to health-related conditions. Chapter 10 examined the demographic correlates of health status, and this chapter represents a natural extension of that discussion. Health behavior might be broadly defined to include formal health services utilization as well as the informal health behavior characterizing the population. Some of these actions are taken by individuals who have been formally diagnosed as ill. However, much health behavior is carried out by relatively healthy individuals who are attempting to maintain or enhance their existing health status or to prevent a decline in health status.
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Pol, L.G., Thomas, R.K. (1992). Demographic Correlates of Health Behavior and Health Services Utilization. In: The Demography of Health and Health Care. The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8012-6_11
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