OBJECTIVES: Generally, socioeconomic conditions can be recognised as core determinants of health status. The aim of this study is to identify how the sociodemographic characteristics of the population influence self-rated health (SRH) as well as to examine the relationship between SRH and subjective social status (SSS). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a representative national sample of 2012 adult individuals. Respondents were asked to self-evaluate their social status on a 10-step ladder-based survey tool where 10 represented the highest subjective social stratum. Data were analyzed through an ordinal logistic regression model to identify the unique characteristics that exist between SRH, sociodemographic characteristics and SSS.  RESULTS: Older individuals and chronic patients had a lower probability of rating their health high. Odds ratio for older age was 0.74 and for the non existence of a chronic disease was 4.30. A relation between social interactions and health levels was documented. This can be interpreted by the positive relation (OR=1.27) between SRH and social support, where individuals who reported having more people to rely on had a higher probability to self-rate their health higher. In terms of the SSS, there is a significant statistical positive association (OR=1.24) with SRH. It is worth adding that the highest percentage of respondents (27.4%) rated their SSS as moderate (step 5), while 69.5% of the respondents reported a positive health level. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence on the association between socioeconomic factors and SRH among the Greek adult population. This contributes to the understanding of the complex inter-relationships leading to health inequalities in societies with prevalent socioeconomic disparities. Since Greece is going through a deep economic recession, such rising inequalities are observed.