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Titre :	Income inequality, area-level poverty, perceived aversion to inequality, and self-rated health in Japan. (2009)
Auteurs :	OSHIO (Takashi) : JPN. Institute of Economic Research. Hitotsubashi University. Kunitachi Tokyo. ; KOBAYASHI (Miki) : JPN. Graduate School of Economics. Kobe University. Kobe Hyogo.
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Social science and medicine (vol. 69, n° 3, 2009)
Pagination :	317-326
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Revenu ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Pauvreté ; Perception ; Etat santé ; Autoévaluation ; Japon ; Homme ; Asie ; Inégalité sociale
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xkICFq. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In this study we conduct a multilevel analysis to investigate the association between regional income inequality and self-rated health in Japan, based on two nationwide surveys. We confirm that there is a significant association between area-level income inequality and individual-level health assessment. We also find that health assessment tends to be more sensitive to income inequality among lower income individuals, and to degree of area-level poverty, than income inequality for the society as a whole. In addition, we examine how individuals are averse to inequality, based on the observed association between inequality and self-rated health.

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