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The dynamics of health in the British Household Panel Survey
Author(s) -
Contoyannis Paul,
Jones Andrew M.,
Rice Nigel
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied econometrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.878
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1099-1255
pISSN - 0883-7252
DOI - 10.1002/jae.755
Subject(s) - british household panel survey , attrition , socioeconomic status , categorical variable , econometrics , panel study of income dynamics , ordered probit , probit model , panel data , economics , demographic economics , sample (material) , panel survey , educational attainment , statistics , sociology , demography , mathematics , medicine , economic growth , population , chemistry , dentistry , chromatography
This paper considers the dynamics of a categorical indicator of self‐assessed health using eight waves (1991–1998) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Our analysis has three focal points: the relative contributions of state dependence and heterogeneity in explaining the dynamics of health, the existence and consequences of health‐related sample attrition, and the investigation of the effects of measures of socioeconomic status, with a particular focus on educational attainment and income. To investigate these issues we use dynamic panel ordered probit models. There is clear evidence of health‐related attrition in the data but this does not distort the estimates of state dependence and of the socioeconomic gradient in health. The models show strong positive state dependence and heterogeneity accounts for around 30% of the unexplained variation in health. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.