Arbeitspapier
Gender Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Hypertension
We investigate the gender gap in hypertension misreporting using the French Constances cohort. We show that false negative reporting of hypertension is more frequent among men than among women, even after conditioning on a series of individual characteristics. As a second step, we investigate the causes of the gender gap in hypertension misreporting. We show that women go to the doctor more often than men do and that they have better knowledge of their family medical history. Once these differences are taken into account, the gender gap in false negative reporting of hypertension is reversed. This suggests that information acquisition and healthcare utilisation are crucial ingredients in fighting undiagnosed male hypertension.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14742
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Health Behavior
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
- Subject
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gender
objective health
subjective health
hypertension
false negative reporting
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bonsang, Eric
Caroli, Eve
Garrouste, Clémentine
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2021
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bonsang, Eric
- Caroli, Eve
- Garrouste, Clémentine
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2021
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