Titre : | Do workers underreport morbidity ? The accuracy of self-reports of chronic conditions. (2012) |
Auteurs : | DATTA GUPTA (Nabanita) : DNK. Aarhus University. ; JURGES (Hendrik) : DEU. Schumpeter School of Business and Economics. University of Wuppertal. Rainer-Gruenter-Str 21 Fn01. Wuppertal. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 75, n° 9, 2012) |
Pagination : | 1589-1594 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Ouvrier ; Homme ; Morbidité ; Morbidité [épidémiologie] ; Epidémiologie ; Autoévaluation ; Accouchement ; Enquête épidémiologique ; Enquête ; Surveillance ; Registre ; Dossier médical ; Maladie chronique |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS DDHR0xol. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We use matched Danish health survey and register data to investigate discrepancies between register-based diagnoses and self-reported morbidity. We hypothesize that false negatives (medical diagnoses existing in the register but not reported in the survey) arise partly because individuals fear career repercussions of being discovered suffering a chronic or severe illness that potentially lowers productivity. We find evidence of substantial underreporting, which is indeed systematically higher for individuals in the labor market. |