Table 3.

Summary statistics on self-rated health status and hepatitis infection

	Mean	SD
Non-donor in both 2006 and 2009
Change in absolute self-rating	0.144	1.070
Change in relative self-rating	0.274	1.099
Change in hepatitis infection rate	0	0
Non-donor in 2006 but donor in 2009
Change in absolute self-rating	1.575	0.929
Change in relative self-rating	1.154	0.689
Change in hepatitis infection rate	0.533	0.516
Donor in 2006 but non-donor in 2009
Change in absolute self-rating	0.200	0.837
Change in relative self-rating	0.182	0.603
Change in hepatitis infection rate	0.083	0.289
Donor in both 2006 and 2009
Change in absolute self-rating	1.688	0.830
Change in relative self-rating	1.607	1.005
Change in hepatitis infection rate	0.016	0.126

Notes: Both absolute self-rating and relative self-rating of health status range from 1–5. 1 corresponds to the healthiest status, while 5 indicates the least healthy status. Relative self-rating evaluates health status relative to peers of similar age.