Does Self-reported Health Bias the Measurement of Health Inequalities in U.S. Adults? Evidence Using Anchoring Vignettes From the Health and Retirement Study | Zendy

Jennifer B. Dowd | Zendy; Megan Todd | Zendy

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Does Self-reported Health Bias the Measurement of Health Inequalities in U.S. Adults? Evidence Using Anchoring Vignettes From the Health and Retirement Study

Author(s) -

Jennifer B. Dowd,

Megan Todd

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbr050

Subject(s) - vignette , health and retirement study , ethnic group , respondent , race and health , health equity , socioeconomic status , psychology , race (biology) , ordered probit , probit model , inequality , medicine , clinical psychology , gerontology , demography , social psychology , public health , population , environmental health , political science , econometrics , economics , nursing , sociology , law , mathematical analysis , botany , mathematics , biology

Measurement of health inequalities based on self-reports may be biased if individuals use response scales in systematically different ways. We use anchoring vignettes to test and adjust for reporting differences by education, race/ethnicity, and gender in self-reported health in 6 domains (pain, sleep, mobility, memory, shortness of breath, and depression).

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