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Vignettes and self-reported work disability in the United States: Correction of report heterogeneity
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Patiño Repizo, Andres Felipe
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2013-02-25
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Mata, Dolores de la
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Universidad del Rosario
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Abstract
Subjective measures of health tend to suffer from bias given by reporting heterogeneity. however, some methodologies are used to correct the bias in order to compare self-assessed health for respondents with different sociodemographic characteristics. One of the methods to correct this is the hierarchical ordered probit (hopit), which includes rates of vignettes -hypothetical individuals with a fixed health state- and where two assumptions have to be fulfilled, vignette equivalence and response consistency. this methodology is used for the self-reported work disability for a sample of the united states for 2011. The results show that even though sociodemographic variables influence rating scales, adjusting for this does not change their effect on work disability, which is only influenced by income. the inclusion of variables related with ethnicity or place of birth does not influence the true work disability. however, when only one of them is excluded, it becomes significant and affects the true level of work disability as well as income.
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Vignettes , Heterogeneity , Work disability , HOPIT
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Vignettes , heterogeneity , Work disability , HOPIT
