Brown, H. et al. (2024) 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. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 9, 100847. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2024.100847)
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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 1893 people, from 1999 to 2002. We estimated a random effects logistic regression. Results show that women were less likely to claim than men (OR ranging from 0.17 [95% CI 0.10–0.29]-0.73 [95% CI 0.40–1.34]), and couples were less likely to claim (OR ranging from 0.04 [95% CI 0.03–0.06]-0.01 [95%CI 0.01–0.02]) 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 [95% CI 1.52–2.59]-2.81 [95%CI 2.16–3.67]), 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 [95%CI 0.93–3.26]-2.07 [95% CI 1.22–3.51]) were more likely to claim. Understanding who is likely to claim MIGs is important to avoid social security policy inadvertently increasing inequalities.
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| Additional Information: | This study is funded by the NIHR PHR (NIHR154243). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. HB is also supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the North West Coast (NIHR200182). LAM acknowledge funding from the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for Greater Manchester (NIHR200174). ES, PM, AH, and SVK acknowledge funding from the UK Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/2) and Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU17). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
| Keywords: | Social policy, health inequalities, older people, social determinants, health. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Katikireddi, Professor Vittal and Silverman, Dr Eric and Thomson, Dr Rachel and Meier, Professor Petra and Pearce, Dr Anna and Heppenstall, Professor Alison |
| Creator Roles: | Silverman, E.Writing – review and editing, Funding acquisition Pearce, A.Writing – review and editing, Methodology Heppenstall, A.Writing – review and editing, Funding acquisition Meier, P.Writing – review and editing, Funding acquisition Thomson, R.Writing – review and editing, Funding acquisition Katikireddi, V.Writing – review and editing, Funding acquisition |
| Authors: | Brown, H., Albani, V., Munford, L., Sutton, M., McHardy, F., Silverman, E., Richiardi, M., Pearce, A., Heppenstall, A., Meier, P., Thomson, R., and Katikireddi, S. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
| Journal Name: | Social Sciences & Humanities Open |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2590-2911 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2590-2911 |
| Published Online: | 17 February 2024 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2024 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Social Sciences & Humanities Open 9:100847 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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