Diabetes, employment and behavioural risk factors in China: Marginal structural models versus fixed effects

Seuring, Till, Serneels, Pieter, Suhrcke, Marc and Bachmann, Max O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-3506 (2020) Diabetes, employment and behavioural risk factors in China: Marginal structural models versus fixed effects. Economics and Human Biology, 39. ISSN 1570-677X

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Abstract

We use longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, covering the years 1997–2011, to estimate the effect of a diabetes diagnosis on an economic outcome (employment probabilities) and behavioural risk factors (alcohol consumption, smoking cessation, body mass index (BMI), physical activity and hypertension) for men and women. We apply two complementary statistical techniques—marginal structural models (MSMs) and fixed effects (FE) models—to deal with confounding. Both methods suggest, despite their different underlying assumptions, similar patterns that indicate important differences between men and women. Employment probabilities decline substantially after the diagnosis for women (−12.4 (MSM) and −15.5 (FE) percentage points), but do not change significantly for men. In particular, the MSM estimates indicate an increase in hypertension (13 percentage points) and a decrease in physical activity for women, while men have small and statistically insignificant changes in these outcomes. For BMI, the MSM results indicate statistically significant changes for men (−.76), but not for women, while the FE estimates show similar reductions for men and women (−.80 and −.73 respectively). Men also reduce their alcohol consumption, but do not cease to smoke. For women these risk factors have a prevalence close to zero to begin with, though women seem to still reduce alcohol consumption somewhat. These results suggest important gender differences in the impact of diabetes in China. To narrow these inequities policies supporting women to reduce diabetes related risk factors are likely important.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	behavioural risk factors,china,diabetes,employment,marginal structural model,economics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2001
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2020 00:07
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2023 03:10
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76812
DOI:	10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100925

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