Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Legacy Department
Economics
Committee Chair/Advisor
Miller, Daniel P
Committee Member
Sauer , Raymond D
Committee Member
Lewis , Matthew S
Abstract
Although self-reported health surveys are used widely by governments, hospitals and companies, there has been little cross-regional investigation of the reliability of these self-reported inventories. I demonstrate the distribution of the self-reported health rate and some factors that may affect the distribution using a National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) sample that focuses on respondent aged between 50 and 85 in year 2010. Then I examine the relationship between self-reported health and real health by constructing disability weights and find that respondents' self-reported health is generally consistent with their real health status, except for west region, suggesting that more future works could be done to study its cause.
Recommended Citation
He, Dongqi, "SELF-REPORTED HEALTH: CROSS-REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE UNITED STATES, 2010" (2014). All Theses. 1968.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/1968