Terveys arvona ja siihen liittyvistä tekijöistä yliopistoon pyrkivillä nuorilla

To study the valuation of health 226 candidates to Helsinki University were interviewed. Also the outcomes of spontaneous listing of values and ready made list of 12 values were compared. Human relations and similar expressions were mentioned most often. Health was mentioned third often. Among the 12 ready made values health was most often placed as the most important one. Female sex and getting drunk less often than once a month significantly increased the probability of mentioning health spontaneously. Among those who mentioned health spontaneously 67% also placed it among the three most important values, whereas among those who did not mention health spontaneously the corresponding proportion was 50% (p < 0.01). When studying the valuation of health with ready made value lists one should evaluate the meaning of the used values to the target population with the help of pilot studies.