Income-related health inequality in urban China (1991–2015): The role of homeownership and housing conditions
Peng Nie
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Andrew E. Clark
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Conchita d'Ambrosio
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Résumé
Unprecedented economic growth has been experienced over the several decades worldwide, but such rapid economic growth wasn't accompanied by equally-substantial improvement in health, especially health inequalities between the rich and poor. This study examines the role of housing in income-related health inequalities (income-health gradient) in urban China. We here analyze 1991–2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey data to ask how housing affects income-related health inequalities in urban China. We find pro-poor inequalities in self-reported bad health but pro-rich inequalities in objective bad health (general overweight/obesity, central obesity and high blood pressure). Housing conditions serve to reduce the health gradient, especially for objective health. On the contrary, homeownership exacerbates the health gradient. Improving housing conditions thus appears to be an effective way of reducing the income-health gradient in urban China.
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Income-related health inequality in urban China (1991–2015): The role of homeownership and housing conditions
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Résumé |
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Unprecedented economic growth has been experienced over the several decades worldwide, but such rapid economic growth wasn't accompanied by equally-substantial improvement in health, especially health inequalities between the rich and poor. This study examines the role of housing in income-related health inequalities (income-health gradient) in urban China. We here analyze 1991–2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey data to ask how housing affects income-related health inequalities in urban China. We find pro-poor inequalities in self-reported bad health but pro-rich inequalities in objective bad health (general overweight/obesity, central obesity and high blood pressure). Housing conditions serve to reduce the health gradient, especially for objective health. On the contrary, homeownership exacerbates the health gradient. Improving housing conditions thus appears to be an effective way of reducing the income-health gradient in urban China.
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Auteur(s) |
Peng Nie
1, 2, 3
, Andrew E. Clark
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, Conchita d'Ambrosio
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, Lanlin Ding
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Xjtu -
Xi'an Jiaotong University
( 301676 )
- 28 Xianning W Rd, JiaoDa ShangYe JieQu, Beilin Qu, Xian Shi, Shaanxi Sheng
- Chine
2
University of Hohenheim
( 445592 )
- Schwerzstraße 35 70599 Stuttgart Germany
- Allemagne
3
IZA -
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
( 237214 )
- Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9 D-53113 Bonn Germany
- Allemagne
4
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
6
University of Luxembourg [Luxembourg]
( 366875 )
- Campus Kirchberg
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Campus de Limpertsberg
162a, avenue de la Faïencerie
L-1511 Luxembourg
Campus de Belval
2, avenue de l'Université
L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette
- Luxembourg
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Scientifique
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Anglais
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Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2022-01
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Volume |
73
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Mots-clés |
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Income-related health inequality, Housing conditions, Homeownership, Decomposition, Urban China
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DOI | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102743 |
Pubmed Id | 35045352 |
UT key WOS | 000745655000002 |
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