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Testing for an economic gradient in health status using subjective data.

Michael Lokshin1, Martin Ravallion

  • 1Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA.

Health Economics
|January 12, 2008
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Summary
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Self-assessed health may hide true economic disparities. A new method reveals a significant, non-linear health gradient linked to wealth, influenced by age, education, and location.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Sociology of Health
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Self-assessed health (SAH) is a common measure but prone to biases.
  • Psychological adaptation and reporting errors can distort the perceived health-income relationship.
  • Existing income measures may not fully capture economic welfare.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a novel estimation method to reduce bias in SAH.
  • To investigate the true health differentials between socioeconomic groups.
  • To explore the relationship between broader economic welfare and health status.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed an estimation technique to isolate unbiased SAH components.
  • Integrated objective health indicators into the SAH model.
  • Accounted for broader dimensions of economic welfare beyond current income.
  • Applied the method to Russian survey data.

Main Results:

  • Identified a pronounced, nonlinear economic gradient in health status.
  • This gradient was not apparent in raw self-assessed health data.
  • The observed gradient was significantly influenced by age, education, and location.

Conclusions:

  • Self-assessments alone can obscure true socioeconomic health inequalities.
  • The developed method provides a more accurate measure of the health-income relationship.
  • Factors like age, education, and location play crucial roles in mediating economic impacts on health.