TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Do workers underreport morbidity? The accuracy of self-reports of chronic conditions
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Datta Gupta, Nabanita
A1  - Jürges, Hendrik
SP  - 1589
EP  - 1594
VL  - 75
IS  - 9
N2  - We use matched Danish health survey and register data to investigate discrepancies between register-based diagnoses and self-reported morbidity. We hypothesize that false negatives (medical diagnoses existing in the register but not reported in the survey) arise partly because individuals fear career repercussions of being discovered suffering a chronic or severe illness that potentially lowers productivity. We find evidence of substantial underreporting, which is indeed systematically higher for individuals in the labor market.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.013
ID  - ref1
ER  -