Journal Article

Correction of misclassification error in disability rates

Authors

Publication date

Sep 2014

Summary

This paper examines misclassification error in survey estimates of
disability. The results suggest that a significant number of those with a
disability fail to be recorded as such in the British Household Panel
Survey. In addition, the probability of a false positive is estimated as
being very close to zero in all socio-demographic groups. There is a
strong bias in estimates of differences in rates of disability across
groups but only a small effect on estimates of the difference in
employment rates by disability status.

Published in

Health Economics

Volume and page numbers

23 , 1084 -1097

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3080

ISSN

16

Subjects

Disability, Labour Market, Survey Methodology, and Health

Notes

Not held in Res Lib - bibliographic reference only

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