Satisfaction of Women's and Men's Health Conditions in DKI Jakarta, a Multi-group Structural Equation Model Approach

摘要

Satisfaction of health condition is one of several indicators used to measure the happiness index of Indonesia. Satisfaction of health condition is a latent variable that is measured using indicators: illness, ownership of health insurance, physical limitations, effort to maintain health, health problems, and the ability to control emotions. One of the health indicators used in the human development index is life expectancy. Statistics shows that the life expectancy of women is higher than the life expectancy of men. This study will model the satisfaction of health conditions in DKI Jakarta on 2013 using Multi-group Structural Equation Models (SEM). Multi-group SEM chosen in order to see the difference in satisfaction model of health conditions between women and men in DKI Jakarta. The data used in this study is the result Level Measurement of Happiness Survey 2013 in DKI Jakarta. The results showed that satisfaction with health condition in men is influenced by indicators of illness and health problems. As for the women, only influenced by the indicator of illness.