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  • Title: Income inequality, area-level poverty, perceived aversion to inequality, and self-rated health in Japan.
    Author: Oshio T, Kobayashi M.
    Journal: Soc Sci Med; 2009 Aug; 69(3):317-26. PubMed ID: 19540032.
    Abstract:
    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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