This is the repository for the English version of the Future Elderly Model, originally developed at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Microsimulation.
Updated the workstat and physical activity variables.
Workstat had only slight changes, where the previous levels of {employed, unemployed, retired} have been replaced with {employed, inactive, retired}. Long term disabled are now included in the inactive category, whilst semi-retired is bundled with retired.
Physical Activity vars have been completely revamped. Instead of the old 3 level ordinal variable exstat {High, medium, low}, this has been replaced with a binary variable of whether a respondent is physically active or not. The new variable also includes information on how active a respondents job is if employed, meaning someone who has a physically demanding job but very little leisure time activity, they will still be classified as physically active.
Updated the workstat and physical activity variables.
Workstat had only slight changes, where the previous levels of {employed, unemployed, retired} have been replaced with {employed, inactive, retired}. Long term disabled are now included in the inactive category, whilst semi-retired is bundled with retired.
Physical Activity vars have been completely revamped. Instead of the old 3 level ordinal variable
exstat{High, medium, low}, this has been replaced with a binary variable of whether a respondent is physically active or not. The new variable also includes information on how active a respondents job is if employed, meaning someone who has a physically demanding job but very little leisure time activity, they will still be classified as physically active.Closes #80 #100