Systematic measurement error in self-reported health: is anchoring vignettes the way out?

Dasgupta, Aparajita

doi:10.1186/s40176-018-0120-z

Table 5 Vignettes set 4: cognition and self-care

From: Systematic measurement error in self-reported health: is anchoring vignettes the way out?

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
Education categories (ref category: no formal education)
Below primary	− 0.12 *	−0.09	− 0.12 *	− 0.13 *	0.06	0.03	−0.02	0.07	0.01	−0.03
Primary	− 0.11 *	− 0.11 *	−0.09	−0.05	0.08	0.02	0.02	0.04	− 0.12 *	− 0.15 **
Secondary	− 0.13 *	−0.05	−0.04	−0.08	−0.09	−0.04	− 0.15 **	−0.10	−0.01	−0.03
High school	−0.04	−0.01	−0.08	−0.07	0.09	0.11	0.18 **	0.15 **	0.02	0.04
College and above	−0.06	−0.08	−0.01	−0.04	0.06	0.10	0.18 *	0.16	0.05	−0.03
Individual characteristics
Male	0.03	0.01	0.01	− 0.09 *	− 0.12 **	− 0.19 *******	− 0.16 *******	− 0.19 *******	0.07	0.02
Age groups (ref category: age 18–29.9 years)
30–44.9	0.05	0.03	0.08	0.09	0.06	0.01	− 0.15 **	− 0.16 **	0.11	0.10
45–60	0.11	0.05	0.10	0.08	0.07	0.07	− 0.19 *******	− 0.18 **	0.13 *	0.04
Above 60	0.24 *******	0.19 *******	0.18 **	0.21 *******	0.12 *	0.15 **	− 0.14 *	−0.12	0.11	0.14 **
Marital status
Currently married	−0.06	−0.03	−0.01	0.05	0.08	0.09 *	0.05	0.09 *	− 0.10 *	−0.09
BMI categories (measured) (ref category: normal BMI 18.5–24.9)
Underweight (BMI < 18.5)	−0.00	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.01	−0.04	0.10 **	0.05
Overweight (BMI 25–29.9)	−0.03	−0.05	−0.02	−0.06	−0.07	−0.03	0.06	0.02	0.01	0.04
Obese (BMI > 30)	−0.13	−0.07	−0.13	0.01	0.06	−0.11	−0.09	−0.02	0.01	0.09
Household’s expenditure quintiles (ref category: Q3)
Q1	0.02	−0.01	−0.09	− 0.15 **	0.03	−0.06	0.06	0.08	−0.04	−0.03
Q2	0.04	0.05	−0.01	−0.09	−0.01	− 0.11 *	0.09	0.05	−0.06	−0.04
Q4	0.13 **	0.09	−0.04	− 0.11 *	−0.05	−0.05	0.03	0.09	0.07	0.03
Q5	0.13 *	0.10	−0.01	0.00	0.13 *	0.09	0.11 *	0.15 **	−0.02	−0.05
Religion (Hindu = 1)	−0.07	−0.04	−0.00	−0.06	−0.00	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.03	−0.01
Caste (SC/ST = 1)	0.19 *******	0.17 *******	0.01	0.02	0.12 *******	0.16 *******	0.13 *******	0.13 *******	− 0.12 *******	−0.06
Regional characteristics
Urban	−0.02	−0.06	− 0.11 **	− 0.11 **	0.04	−0.01	0.07	−0.02	−0.01	0.03
Underdeveloped	− 0.52 *******	− 0.41 *******	− 0.25 *******	− 0.08 *	− 0.38 *******	− 0.19 *******	− 0.28 *******	− 0.23 *******	− 0.23 *******	− 0.09 **
Observations	2699	2699	2699	2699	2699	2699	2699	2699	2699	2699

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

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