Table 7.

Squared correlation (R², reliability) between health measure and true latent health

Country	Male		Female
	Covariates only	Health index	Covariates only	Health index
Austria	0.22	0.78	0.35	0.84
Belgium	0.17	0.76	0.35	0.85
Denmark	0.29	0.78	0.32	0.83
France	0.30	0.79	0.39	0.83
Germany	0.32	0.81	0.42	0.86
Greece	0.29	0.79	0.43	0.85
Israel	0.32	0.81	0.38	0.88
Italy	0.30	0.79	0.36	0.86
The Netherlands	0.19	0.73	0.32	0.83
Spain	0.22	0.81	0.40	0.88
Sweden	0.34	0.78	0.41	0.84
Switzerland	0.38	0.74	0.29	0.80

Note. Derived from parameter estimates; weighted results.