Measuring health polarization with self-assessed health data

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 875-894

  Apouey, Benedicte ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Inequality; Ordinal variables; Polarization; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548400370     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1284     Document Type: Article

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