Analyzing the health status of the population using ordinal data
Analyzing the health status of the population using ordinal data
Author(s): Maria Livia ȘtefănescuSubject(s): Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Universitatea Nicolae Titulescu
Keywords: ordinal data; polarization and inequality indices; health status; SAH data
Summary/Abstract: We intend to estimate the health status of the people using a Gini kind index GO for measuring the inequality and a polarization indicator PO too. The both indices were applied for ordinal health data which were selected from three national representative samplings designed in the period 2003-2010 in Romania. The results evaluate the evolution level of the polarization and inequality phenomena in the health domain.
Journal: Computational Methods in Social Sciences
- Issue Year: 3/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 18-24
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English