1 Introduction -- 1. East-West Difference -- 2. Main Interest and Hypotheses -- 3. Study Design and Data -- 4. Contributors to the Project -- 5. Structure -- 2 Background -- 1. Health Status in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe -- 2. Self-Rated Health -- 3. Socioeconomic Factors -- 4. Psychosocial Factors -- 3 Populations and Methods -- 1. Populations -- 2. Description of the Data -- 3. Statistical power of the Study -- 4. Statistical Analysis -- 4 Results -- 1. Descriptive Characteristics of Study Subjects and Populations -- 2. Socioeconomic Characteristics and Marital Status -- 3. Perceived Control and other Psycho-Social Factors not Related to Work -- 4. Measures of Socioeconomic Inequality at the Population Level -- 5. Work related Psychosocial Factors -- 6. Analyses Using other Endpoints -- 5 Discussion -- 1. Methodological Issues -- 2. Consistency of the Results with other Studies -- 3. Does this Research Help to Understand the Health Crisis in CCEE? -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Chewe Questionnaire -- Appendix 2 -- Physical Functioning -- Appendix 3 -- Coding of Work Characteristics.