Journal Article

Understanding Society: health, biomarker and genetic data

By Michaela Benzeval, Edith Aguirre and Meena Kumari

Publication details

Publication date
Published in
Fiscal Studies
Volume
44
Pages
pp. 399–415
Publisher
Wiley for the Institute for Fiscal Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12354
ISSN
1435671

Summary

Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study includes a wide range of health measures, and in particular biomarker and genetic data. This makes it a unique resource for research on the economics of health. We review the main features of the biomarker data, how they are collected, and evidence on data quality. We also discuss examples of how these data have been used in economic research to date.

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