Table 6 Time preference proxies and elicitation methods in combined smoking and obesity studies
Study | Subject | Elicitation method/proxies |
|---|---|---|
(Cutler and Lleras-Muney 2010, p. 17) | Health behaviour including smoking and obesity | Health Intertemporal Choices: “20 extra days in perfect health this year would be just as good as extra days in perfect health X years from now? where X was 1, 5, 10 and 20.” |
(Adams 2009a, p. 796) | Smoking, Obesity (by physical activity) | Response to “In planning your (family’s) saving and spending, which of the following time periods is more important to you and (your partner)?” |
(Adams and White 2009) | Smoking, Obesity | Consideration of Future Consequences Scale |
(Robb et al. 2008, p. 1673) | Smoking, Obesity | Time preference index: “diet choice, vitamin use, education, smoking status, exercise, nutritional knowledge, use of nutrition labels and importance of nutrition” |