Arbeitspapier

Re-constructing childhood health histories

This paper provides evidence about the quality of retrospective childhood health histories given to respondents in the HRS and the PSID. Even though information on early life health events is critical, there is legitimate skepticism about the ability of older respondents to remember specific health problems that they had as a child. The evidence presented in this paper suggests that this is too negative a view. Respondents appear to remember salient childhood events about themselves such as the illnesses they had as a child quite well. Moreover, these physical and psychological childhood health events are important correlates of adult health during middle age.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4036

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Recall
childhood health
Gesundheit
Lebensverlauf
Kognition
USA

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Smith, James P.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2009

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090306299
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Smith, James P.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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