Titre :
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A multilevel analysis of the effects of neighbourhood income inequality on individual self-rated health in Hong Kong. (2009)
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Auteurs :
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Irene-Ol WONG ;
Benjamin-J COWLING ;
Gabriel-M LEUNG ;
LO (Su-Vui) : HKG. Research Office. Food and Health Bureau.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 68, n° 1, Janvier 2009)
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Pagination :
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124-132
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Milieu social
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Revenu
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Homme
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Etat santé
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Autoévaluation
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Hongkong
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Chine
;
Asie
;
Inégalité sociale
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS B8EHR0xp. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We examined the effect on self-rated health of neighbourhood-level income inequality in Hong Kong, which has a high and growing Gini coefficient. Data were derived from two population household surveys in 2002 and 2005 of 25,623 and 24,610 non-institutional residents aged 15 or over. We estimated neighbourhood-level Gini coefficients in each of 287 Government Planning Department Tertiary Planning Units. We used multilevel regression analysis to assess the association of neighbourhood income inequality with individual self-perceived health status. After adjustment for both individual-and household-level predictors, there was no association between neighbourhood income inequality, median household income or household-level income and self-rated health. We tested for but did not find any statistical interaction between these three income-related exposures. These findings suggest that neighbourhood income inequality is not an important predictor of individual health status in Hong Kong.
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