articleJournal of Applied EconometricsJul 1, 2004Closed access

The dynamics of health in the British Household Panel Survey

PCPaul ContoyannisAMAndrew M. JonesNRNigel Rice

McMaster University · University of York

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Abstract

Abstract 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…

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  • British Household Panel Survey
  • Attrition
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Categorical variable
  • Econometrics
  • Panel Study of Income Dynamics
  • Ordered probit
  • Probit model
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • No poverty
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