TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey measures versus incentivized measures of risk preferences
T2 - evidence from sex workers' risky sexual transactions
AU - Islam, Asadul
AU - Smyth, Russell
AU - Tan, HongQi Alexis
AU - Wang, Liang C.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Survey measures of risk attitudes are primarily used in the health literature, although incentivized measures of risk preferences are being increasingly used in other fields. We exploit the unique setting of commercial female sex workers in Bangladesh to investigate whether incentivized measures of risk preferences, or non-incentivized survey measures of risk preferences, best identify the risky commercial sex decisions that they make. The study uses survey data collected during February–April 2016, and October–November 2016 from eight brothels in Bangladesh. Wave 1 includes 1,332 female sex workers, Wave 2 includes 1,185 female sex workers. Our findings suggest that researchers can reliably use survey measures to elicit risk preferences on health.
AB - Survey measures of risk attitudes are primarily used in the health literature, although incentivized measures of risk preferences are being increasingly used in other fields. We exploit the unique setting of commercial female sex workers in Bangladesh to investigate whether incentivized measures of risk preferences, or non-incentivized survey measures of risk preferences, best identify the risky commercial sex decisions that they make. The study uses survey data collected during February–April 2016, and October–November 2016 from eight brothels in Bangladesh. Wave 1 includes 1,332 female sex workers, Wave 2 includes 1,185 female sex workers. Our findings suggest that researchers can reliably use survey measures to elicit risk preferences on health.
KW - Bangladesh
KW - Financial risk
KW - Health risk
KW - Risk preferences
KW - Sex workers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070926472&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112497
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112497
M3 - Article
C2 - 31446372
AN - SCOPUS:85070926472
VL - 238
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
SN - 0277-9536
M1 - 112497
ER -
