Titre :
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Income inequality, area-level poverty, perceived aversion to inequality, and self-rated health in Japan. (2009)
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Auteurs :
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OSHIO (Takashi) : JPN. Institute of Economic Research. Hitotsubashi University. Kunitachi Tokyo. ;
KOBAYASHI (Miki) : JPN. Graduate School of Economics. Kobe University. Kobe Hyogo.
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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° 3, 2009)
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Pagination :
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317-326
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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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Facteur socioéconomique
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Pauvreté
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Perception
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Etat santé
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Autoévaluation
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Japon
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Homme
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Asie
;
Inégalité sociale
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Résumé :
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[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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