Predicting Health Behaviors with an Experimental Measure of Risk Preference
| Autor: | Jennifer M. Mellor, Lisa R. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Psychometrics Health Behavior Poison control risk preference lottery choice experiment health risk behaviors smoking Overweight Empirical Research Suicide prevention Risk Assessment Lottery Risk-Taking Injury prevention medicine Humans Obesity Aged Aged 80 and over Actuarial science jel:C91 Health Policy Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Risk aversion (psychology) Seat Belts Consumer Behavior Middle Aged Preference jel:I12 Socioeconomic Factors Gambling medicine.symptom Risk assessment Psychology Attitude to Health Demography |
| Popis: | We conduct a large-scale economics experiment paired with a survey to examine the association between individual risk preference and health-related behaviors among adults aged 18-87 years. Risk preference is measured by the lottery choice experiment designed by Holt and Laury [Holt, C.A., Laury, S.K., 2002. Risk aversion and incentive effects. The American Economic Review 92(5), 1644-1655]. Controlling for subject demographic and economic characteristics, we find that risk aversion is negatively and significantly associated with cigarette smoking, heavy drinking, being overweight or obese, and seat belt non-use. In additional specifications, we find that risk aversion is negatively and significantly associated with the likelihood a subject engaged in any of five risky behaviors and the number of risky behaviors reported. |
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