Titre :
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Rising U.S. income inequality, gender and individual self-rated health, 1972-2004. (2009)
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Auteurs :
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HUI ZHENG (.) : USA. Department of Sociology. Duke University.
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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. 69, n° 9, 2009)
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Pagination :
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1333-1342
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Revenu
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Sexe
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Homme
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Etat santé
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Autoévaluation
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Amérique
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Inégalité sociale
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[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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