Titre :
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Peripherality, income inequality, and life expectancy : revisiting the income inequality hypothesis. (2006)
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Auteurs :
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MOORE (Spencer) : CAN. Centre de recherche de Centre Hôpital de Université de Montréal. Montréal. QC.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 35, n° 3, 2006)
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Pagination :
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623-632
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Etat santé
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Homme
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Espérance vie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 3CaKR0xc. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : Recent criticisms of the income inequality and health hypothesis have stressed the lack of consistent significant evidence for the stronger effects of income inequality among rich countries. Despite such criticisms, little attention has been devoted to the income-based criteria underlying the stratification of countries into rich/poor groups and whether trade patterns and world-system role provide an alternative means of stratifying groups. Methods : To compare income-based and trade-based criteria, 107 countries were grouped into four typologies : (I) high/low income, (II) OECD membership/non-membership, (III) core/non-core, and (IV) non-periphery/periphery. Each typology was tested separately for significant differences in the effects of income inequality between groups. Separate group comparison tests and regression analyses were conducted for each typology using Rodgers (1979) specification of income, income inequality, and life expectancy. Interaction terms were introduced into Rodgers specification to test whether group classification moderated the effects of income inequality on health. Results : Results show that the effects of income inequality are stronger in the periphery than non-periphery (IV) (-0.76 vs - 0.23 ; P
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