Economic recession and health inequalities in Japan: analysis with a national sample, 1986-2001 | Zendy

Naoki Kondo | Zendy; S. V. Subramanian | Zendy; Ichiro Kawachi | Zendy; Yasuaki Takeda | Zendy; Zentaro Yamagata | Zendy

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Economic recession and health inequalities in Japan: analysis with a national sample, 1986-2001

Author(s) -

Naoki Kondo,

S. V. Subramanian,

Ichiro Kawachi,

Yasuaki Takeda,

Zentaro Yamagata

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of epidemiology and community health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1470-2738

pISSN - 0143-005X

DOI - 10.1136/jech.2007.070334

Subject(s) - recession , socioeconomic status , medicine , demography , inequality , population , odds ratio , social class , confounding , self rated health , confidence interval , gerontology , environmental health , economics , market economy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology , sociology , keynesian economics

Little is known about whether economic crises widen health inequalities. Japan experienced more than 10 years of economic recession beginning in the 1990s. The question of whether socioeconomic-based inequality in self-rated health widened after the economic crisis was examined.

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