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Article: Income inequality is detrimental to long-term well-being: A large-scale longitudinal investigation in China

TitleIncome inequality is detrimental to long-term well-being: A large-scale longitudinal investigation in China
Authors
KeywordsSubjective well-being
Psychological distress
Inequality
Chinese
Issue Date2019
Citation
Social Science and Medicine, 2019, v. 232, p. 120-128 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Much of the research on the detrimental effects of inequality on well-being is based on cross-sectional surveys, which may have over- or under-estimated the relationship between income inequality and well-being. Moreover, the vast majority of the work comes from Western industrialized contexts but it is not known to what extent the same pattern holds in non-Western developing countries. Objective: The current research aims to address these two issues by investigating the longitudinal effects of income inequality on well-being in China. Method: We used the China Family Panel Studies dataset in 2010–2014. Our study includes a representative sample of 29,331 residents from 20 provinces in China. The participants completed measures of well-being, including subjective well-being and psychological distress. We examined whether provincial-level income inequality in 2010 predicted individual-level well-being in 2014. Results: Multilevel analyses showed that residents in more unequal provinces had lower subjective well-being and greater psychological distress. The patterns still held, after controlling for baseline well-being and a number of covariates, including age, gender, education, income, ethnicity, marital status, and urban/rural residence. The effects of inequality on well-being differed across socioeconomic groups. Conclusion: Findings suggest that income inequality has long-term adverse consequences on well-being in a non-Western developing society. Furthermore, its effects are moderated by financial wealth.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/302228
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.954
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dc.contributor.authorDu, Hongfei-
dc.contributor.authorKing, Ronnel B.-
dc.contributor.authorChi, Peilian-
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-30T13:58:03Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-30T13:58:03Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationSocial Science and Medicine, 2019, v. 232, p. 120-128-
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/302228-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Much of the research on the detrimental effects of inequality on well-being is based on cross-sectional surveys, which may have over- or under-estimated the relationship between income inequality and well-being. Moreover, the vast majority of the work comes from Western industrialized contexts but it is not known to what extent the same pattern holds in non-Western developing countries. Objective: The current research aims to address these two issues by investigating the longitudinal effects of income inequality on well-being in China. Method: We used the China Family Panel Studies dataset in 2010–2014. Our study includes a representative sample of 29,331 residents from 20 provinces in China. The participants completed measures of well-being, including subjective well-being and psychological distress. We examined whether provincial-level income inequality in 2010 predicted individual-level well-being in 2014. Results: Multilevel analyses showed that residents in more unequal provinces had lower subjective well-being and greater psychological distress. The patterns still held, after controlling for baseline well-being and a number of covariates, including age, gender, education, income, ethnicity, marital status, and urban/rural residence. The effects of inequality on well-being differed across socioeconomic groups. Conclusion: Findings suggest that income inequality has long-term adverse consequences on well-being in a non-Western developing society. Furthermore, its effects are moderated by financial wealth.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Science and Medicine-
dc.subjectSubjective well-being-
dc.subjectPsychological distress-
dc.subjectInequality-
dc.subjectChinese-
dc.titleIncome inequality is detrimental to long-term well-being: A large-scale longitudinal investigation in China-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.043-
dc.identifier.pmid31077973-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85065162216-
dc.identifier.volume232-
dc.identifier.spage120-
dc.identifier.epage128-
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5347-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000474677900013-

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