Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, and Schooling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10171950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Kenkel (corresponding author), Donald S Kenkel |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-305 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3808 • E-ISSN: 1537-534X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/261751 |
| OpenAlex | W2020267861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 170 |
| References cited | 11 |
The positive correlation between schooling and good health is well documented. One explanation is that schooling helps people choose healthier life-styles by improving their knowledge of the relationships between health behaviors and health outcomes. That is, schooling improves the household's allocative efficiency in producing health. This empirical study uses direct measures of health knowledge to test this explanation. Part of the relationship between schooling and the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and exercise is explained by differences in health knowledge. However, most of schooling's effects on health behavior remain after differences in knowledge are controlled for. Copyright 1991 by University of Chicago Press
Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Allocative efficiency · Consumption (sociology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health behavior · Health care · Health education · Microeconomics · Social science · Sociology · Test (biology · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
Development and Validation of a Short Scale to Measure How Social Relationships Support the Continuous and Conscious Endeavour to Lose Weight
The Relationship Between Weight Loss and Time and Risk Preference Parameters
Determinants of Unprotected Casual Heterosexual Sex in Ghana
Handbook of Religion and Health
Health and social justice
Education and Health
Educational attainment and obesity
Healthy habits
Chapter 10 Education and Nonmarket Outcomes
Changes in compulsory schooling and the causal effect of education on health
Job Displacement, Disability, and Divorce
Chapter 29 The economics of smoking
Does education affect smoking behaviors?
Policy Implications Of The Gradient Of Health And Wealth
Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research
Mortality, lifestyle and socio-economic status
Socio-economic status, health and lifestyle
Chapter 7 The human capital model
Physical Activity and Health Outcomes
Du bien-être des nations
Psychometric Evaluation of a Revised Instrument for Assessing HIV Knowledge Among SGM Men
Does import trade liberalization worsen residents’ health? Evidence from China
Does Advanced Human Capital Structure Provide Positive Feedback on Public Health? Evidence From China
The relationship between educational attainment, lifestyle, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms among Chinese adults
Education-smoking gradient and upstream health policies
Income windfalls and overweight
Adult Children’s Human Capital Accumulation and Parents’ Risky Behaviors
Knowledge and Perception Towards Universal Safety Precautions During Early Phase of the Covid-19 Outbreak in Nepal
Ask me if I am happy
Persuasiveness of organic agricultural products
Education and Freedom of Choice
Factors Affecting Disability-Related Depression in Patients with Lost Limbs
Awareness and quality of knowledge regarding HIV/Aids among women in India
Education, Information, and Smoking Decisions
Understanding the links between education and smoking
A Causal Interpretation of Extensive and Intensive Margin Effects in Generalized Tobit Models
Understanding differences in health behaviors by education
The Effect of Female Education on Fertility and Infant Health
Does education cause better health? A panel data analysis using school reforms for identification
The Relationship Between Education and Adult Mortality in the United States
The cost of digital convenience
Twin Birth and Maternal Condition
Health Changes and Smoking
Schooling and Smoking Among the Baby Boomers and Evaluation of the Impact of Educational Expansion in France
Disease and Human Capital Accumulation
The Impact of Education and Heart Attack on Smoking Cessation among Middle- Aged Adults
Weber’s Hypnosis. Notes on “The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism”. Part II
Child Support as Multiple Monies
Interview with Ole Bjerg
Parental education differentially predicts young adults' frequency and quantity of alcohol use in a longitudinal Swedish sample
In sickness and in health
What explains the socioeconomic status-health gradient? Evidence from workplace Covid-19 infections
Testing a One-Item Risk Measure to Predict Alameda Seven Health Behaviors in the Republic of Korea
The Impact of the Hazard Correlation between Risk Factors and Diabetes
Structural Factors Affecting Health Examination Behavioral Intention
The long-run effect of education on obesity in the US
Generational effects and gender height dimorphism in contemporary Spain
Does education attenuate the genetic risk of obesity? Evidence from U.K. Twins
Maternal education and infant health gradient
Nicotine Dependence More Strongly Correlates with Psychological Distress in Disadvantaged Areas of Kazakhstan than Germany
Identifying Factors Linked to Current Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in U.S. Veterans with a History of Alcohol Use Disorder
Economic crisis and obesity in the Canary Islands
Why is high-risk drinking more prevalent among men than women? evidence from South Korea
Household and area income levels are associated with smoking status in the Korean adult population
Development and validation of the geriatrics health behavior questionnaire (GHBQ)
Prevalence and Correlates of Current Depressive Symptomatology and Lifetime Diagnosis of Depression in Black Women
Discrete choice experiment of smoking cessation behaviour in Japan
Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Mental Health and Substance Use in Young Men in Emerging Adulthood
Relevance of Health Knowledge in Reporting Maternal Health Complications and Use of Maternal Health Care in India
Comportamentos saudáveis e escolaridade no Brasil
Identifying the effect of college education on business and employment survival
Education and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours
Nexus between Education and Poverty in Africa
Accounting for tastes
Estimating the social value of higher education
Cognitive Abilities, Healthcare and Screening Tests
What Influences Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption
Debt
Health behaviors and masculinity in Kenyan and U.S. male college students
Social and Economic Impact of the Headscarf Ban on Women in Turkey
Risk Attitudes and the Demand for Private Health Insurance
Adolescent risk perception, substance use, and educational attainment
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Explaining Maori under‐achievement in standardised reading tests
Why Don't People Buy Long-Term-Care Insurance
The Effect of Education on Health Behaviors and Obesity in Turkey
Unexpected longevity, intergenerational policies, and fertility
The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins
Green Returns to Education
Does Education Matter? Major League Baseball Players and Longevity
Maternal education and child mortality
Determinants of the demand for health screening in Malaysia
English as a Second Dialect Policy and Achievement of Aboriginal Students in British Columbia
Education and the Sustainability of Immigrant Health
Economics, food choices, and nutrition
What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain? A decomposition approach
Mothers’ health knowledge gap for children with diarrhea
Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future
Mental and physical health impacts of water/sanitation infrastructure in First Nations communities in Canada
Social indicators and comparisons of living standards
Specification Tests in Econometrics
An Exogeneity Test for a Simultaneous Equation Tobit Model with an Application to Labor Supply
Limited-dependent and qualitative variables in econometrics
The Demand for Cigarettes
The Uses of Tobit Analysis
The external costs of a sedentary life-style
Frequency of worksite health promotion activities
Accuracy of information on smoking habits provided on self-administered research questionnaires
Differential Use of Medical Care by Sex
Estimating a Household Production Function
Education in Nonmarket Production
| Unique citing works | 170 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,86 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2026 (36) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 167 |