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Autor/inn/en | Anderberg, Dan; Chevalier, Arnaud; Wadsworth, Jonathan |
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Titel | Anatomy of a health scare. Education, income and the MMR controversy in the UK. |
Quelle | London: Centre for Economic Performance (2009), 50 S.
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Reihe | CEP discussion paper / Centre for Economic Performance. 929 |
Beigaben | grafische Darstellungen |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie; Graue Literatur |
Schlagwörter | Bildungsniveau; Kind; Gesundheit; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Impfung; Arbeitspapier; Großbritannien |
Abstract | One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short period, some publicized research suggested that the particular childhood vaccine could have serious side-effects. As the controversy unfolded, uptake of the vaccine by more educated parents decreased relative to that of less educated parents, turning a positive education gradient into a negative one. We also consider the response in terms of uptake of other childhood vaccines and purchases of alternatives to the MMR. |
Erfasst von | ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel |
Update | 2010/1 |