| Titre : | Rising U.S. income inequality, gender and individual self-rated health, 1972-2004. (2009) |
| Auteurs : | HUI ZHENG (.) : USA. Department of Sociology. Duke University. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 69, n° 9, 2009) |
| Pagination : | 1333-1342 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Revenu ; Sexe ; Homme ; Etat santé ; Autoévaluation ; Amérique ; Inégalité sociale ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS mR0xs7q9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The effect of income inequality on health has been a contested topic among social scientists. Most previous research is based on cross-sectional comparisons rather than temporal comparisons. Using data from the General Social Survey and the U.S. Census Bureau, this study examines how rising income inequality affects individual self-rated health in the U.S. from 1972 to 2004. Data are analyzed using hierarchical generalized linear models. The findings suggest a significant association between income inequality and individual self-rated health. The dramatic increase in income inequality from 1972 to 2004 increases the odds of worse self-rated health by 9.4 percent. These findings hold for three measures of income inequality : the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson Index, and the Theil entropy index. Results also suggest that overall income inequality and gender-specific income inequality harm men's, but not women's, self-rated health. These findings also hold for the three measures of income inequality. These findings suggest that inattention to gender composition may explain apparent discrepancies across previous studies. |
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