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Industrial Pollution and the Regional Variations of Life Expectancy at Birth in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Ting TinYu,
Jou Susyan
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1988.tb00256.x
Subject(s) - life expectancy , industrialisation , pollution , expectancy theory , industrial pollution , geography , socioeconomics , demographic economics , demography , economic growth , sociology , economics , psychology , population , social psychology , biology , ecology , market economy
This paper examines variables influencing the regional variations of life expectancy at birth in Taiwan. It is argued that rapid industrialization has been accompanied by negative factors which produced unexpected environmental pollution in Taiwan. We present an analysis focusing on the relationship between industrial pollution and regional variations of life expectancy at birth. The total nmber of factories is adopted as an indirect measure of industrial pollution. The 361 local areal units under study include precincts and urban and rural townships across the island. Findings support the hypothesis that there is a negative and significant relationship between total number of factories and the level of life expectancy at birth, after controlling other independent variables.