Developing a comprehensive time series of GDP per capita for 210 countries from 1950 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Income has been extensively studied and utilized as a determinant of health. There are several sources of income expressed as gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, but there are no time series that are complete for the years between 1950 and 2015 for the 210 countries for which data exist. It is in the interest of population health research to establish a global time series that is complete from 1950 to 2015.

Methods

We collected GDP per capita estimates expressed in either constant US dollar terms or international dollar terms (corrected for purchasing power parity) from seven sources. We applied several stages of models, including ordinary least-squares regressions and mixed effects models, to complete each of the seven source series from 1950 to 2015. The th

SUBMITTER: James SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3487911 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature