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Association between Individual Level Characteristics and Take-Up of a Minimum Income Guarantee for Pensioners: Panel Data Analysis Using Data from the British Household Panel Survey 1999-2002

22 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2023 Publication Status: Published

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Heather Brown

Lancaster University

Viviana Albani

Newcastle University

Luke Munford

The University of Manchester - School of Health Sciences

Matt Sutton

The University of Manchester

Fiona McHardy

The Poverty Alliance, Standard Buildings

Eric Silverman

University of Glasgow

Matteo Richiardi

University of Essex

Anna Pearce

University of Glasgow - MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

Alison Heppenstall

University of Glasgow

Petra S. Meier

University of Glasgow - MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

Rachel Thomson

University of Glasgow

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing

Abstract

A Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) ensures people have a minimum amount of income for essentials such as healthy food, housing, health care, social and digital networks to support health and well-being.  MIGs could be a useful tool to reduce inequalities.  A MIG will only be effective if those who are eligible take it up. The aim of this paper is to explore how individual characteristics were associated with take-up of a MIG for pensioners (aged 60+ for women and aged 65+ for men) in England.  The data used is from the British Household Panel Survey including 9430 observations from 1,893 people, from 1999-2002.  We estimated a random effects stepwise logistic regression.  Results show that women were less likely to claim than men (OR ranging from 0.17-0.73), and couples were less likely to claim (OR ranging from 0.04-0.01) than single person households. People with better mental health (OR 1.05 95% CI 1.02-1.08), older pensioners (75+) (OR ranging from 1.98-2.81), those who were registered disabled (OR 4.03 95% CI 2.50-6.52), and those with no formal qualification (OR ranging from 1.74-2.07) were more likely to claim. Understanding who is likely to claim MIGs is important to avoid social security policy inadvertently increasing inequalities.

Keywords: Social Policy, Health inequalities, Older people, Social Determinants, health

Suggested Citation

Brown, Heather and Albani, Viviana and Munford, Luke and Sutton, Matt and McHardy, Fiona and Silverman, Eric and Richiardi, Matteo and Pearce, Anna and Heppenstall, Alison and Meier, Petra S. and Thomson, Rachel and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Association between Individual Level Characteristics and Take-Up of a Minimum Income Guarantee for Pensioners: Panel Data Analysis Using Data from the British Household Panel Survey 1999-2002. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4657219 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4657219

Heather Brown (Contact Author)

Lancaster University ( email )

Lancaster LA1 4YX
United Kingdom

Viviana Albani

Newcastle University ( email )

Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom

Luke Munford

The University of Manchester - School of Health Sciences ( email )

Manchester, M13 9NT
United Kingdom

Matt Sutton

The University of Manchester ( email )

Oxford Road
Manchester, N/A M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Fiona McHardy

The Poverty Alliance, Standard Buildings ( email )

Eric Silverman

University of Glasgow ( email )

Adam Smith Business School
Glasgow, G12 8LE
United Kingdom

Matteo Richiardi

University of Essex ( email )

Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, CO4 3SQ
United Kingdom

Anna Pearce

University of Glasgow - MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit ( email )

Alison Heppenstall

University of Glasgow ( email )

Adam Smith Business School
Glasgow, G12 8LE
United Kingdom

Petra S. Meier

University of Glasgow - MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

Glasgow
United Kingdom

Rachel Thomson

University of Glasgow ( email )

Adam Smith Business School
Glasgow, G12 8LE
United Kingdom

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing ( email )

Glasgow
United Kingdom

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