کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
953113 927566 2010 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Income inequality, perceived happiness, and self-rated health: Evidence from nationwide surveys in Japan
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Income inequality, perceived happiness, and self-rated health: Evidence from nationwide surveys in Japan
چکیده انگلیسی

In this study, we examined how regional inequality is associated with perceived happiness and self-rated health at an individual level by using micro-data from nationwide surveys in Japan. We estimated the bivariate ordered probit models to explore the associations between regional inequality and two subjective outcomes, and evaluated effect modification to their sensitivities to regional inequality using the categories of key individual attributes. We found that individuals who live in areas of high inequality tend to report themselves as both unhappy and unhealthy, even after controlling for various individual and regional characteristics and taking into account the correlation between the two subjective outcomes. Gender, age, educational attainment, income, occupational status, and political views modify the associations of regional inequality with the subjective assessments of happiness and health. Notably, those with an unstable occupational status are most affected by inequality when assessing both perceived happiness and health.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 70, Issue 9, May 2010, Pages 1358–1366
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