Cut-point shift and index shift in self-reported health
By: by Maarten Lindeboom, Eddy van Doorslaer.
Contributors: Doorslaer, Eddy K. A. van.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1286; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1286
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations or even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group comparisons and measures of health inequality. This paper proposes a test for differential reporting in ordered response models which allows us to distinguish between cut-point shift and index shift. The method is illustrated using Canadian National Population Health Survey data. The McMaster Health Utility Index (HUI) is used as a more objective health measure than the simple 5-point scale of self-assessed health. We find clear evidence of index shifting and cut-point shifting for age and gender, but not for income, education or language"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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