We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a substantial impact of ill-health on income, mainly operating through employment, although the magnitude of ill-health …

There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations or even across subgroups of … a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group comparisons and measures of health inequality. This …-point shift and index shift. The method is illustrated using Canadian National Population Health Survey data. The McMaster Health …