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Do social comparisons explain the association between income inequality and health?: Relative deprivation and perceived health among male and female Japanese individuals

Naoki Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi, S. V. Subramanian, Yasuhisa Takeda, Zentaro Yamagata

Social Science & Medicine · 2008 · 168 citations · 27 references

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Social SciencesHealth SciencesHealth EquitySocial Determinants Of HealthSocial InequalityHealth DisparitiesIncome DistributionPovertySex Differences In HealthSocial EpidemiologySocioeconomic Determinants Of HealthAffective Relative DeprivationHealth Inequalities AnalysisHousehold Income InequalityIncome-related Health InequalityPersonal Relative DeprivationSex-related Health DisparitiesSocioeconomic Health DisparitiesSubjective Relative Deprivation

References

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Léon Festinger · Human Relations · 1954 · 20.3K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: Preliminary data in healthy, White women.

Nancy E. Adler, Elissa S. Epel, Grace Castellazzo et al. · Health Psychology · 2000 · 4.4K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +15

Social Determinants of Health

Monique Bégin · 2005 · 2.1K citations

Public Health, Population Health Sciences, Health Equity +9

Does Subjective Social Status Predict Health and Change in Health Status Better Than Objective Status?

Archana Singh‐Manoux, Michael Marmot, Nancy E. Adler · Psychosomatic Medicine · 2005 · 952 citations

Health Professions, Health Sciences, Health Assessment +15

Relative Deprivation and the Gini Coefficient

Shlomo Yitzhaki · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1979 · 847 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Sociology +13