Income inequality, perceived happiness, and self-rated health: Evidence from nationwide surveys in Japan
Income inequality, perceived happiness, and self-rated health: Evidence from nationwide surveys in Japan
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.010
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Kobayashi, Miki
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作者：
Oshio, Takashi;Kobayashi, Miki
在本研究中，我们使用日本全国性调查的微观数据，研究了地区不平等如何与个人层面的幸福感和自我评价健康相关联。我们估计了双变量有序概率单位模型，以探讨区域不平等和两个主观结果之间的关联，并评估了影响修改的敏感性，区域不平等使用的类别的关键个人属性。我们发现，生活在高度不平等地区的人倾向于报告自己既不快乐又不健康，即使在控制了各种个人和地区特征并考虑到两种主观结果之间的相关性之后。性别、年龄、教育程度、收入、职业地位和政治观点改变了地区不平等与幸福和健康主观评估的关联。值得注意的是，那些职业地位不稳定的人在评估幸福感和健康时受到不平等的影响最大。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
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. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.