Disability Reporting Choices by Married Couples: Evidence from Census Data

Michael Zimmer

Southern Economic Journal, 2001, vol. 67, issue 4, 922-937

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze determinants of the decision to self‐report health impairments that limit or prevent work. Its particular focus is on joint reporting behavior by married couples, with a view toward potential interdependence of spouses' reporting decisions. The model is based on a large sample of married couples taken from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample of the U.S. Census. Empirical analysis is based on a simultaneous probit model of spouses' reports. Results of the analysis show evidence of an association between spouses' reports, after controlling for important background variables. The extent of association appears to be more pronounced among low earners and among older wives.

Date: 2001
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