TY - JOUR
T1 - Relations Between Socioeconomic Status, Subjective Social Status, and Health in Shanghai, China
AU - Rarick, Jason R.D.
AU - Dolan, Carly Tubbs
AU - Han, Wen Jui
AU - Wen, Jun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the Southwestern Social Science Association
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Objectives: Although research has established a strong link between socioeconomic status (SES) and health in Western settings, comparable work in China lags behind. Similarly, studies showing a unique relationship for subjective social status (SSS) and health above and beyond SES have yet to be tested in China. The present study addresses these gaps. Methods: Regression analyses investigated the relationship between SES, SSS, and mental and physical health net of several covariates for 2,282 caregivers in Shanghai, China. Indirect relationships for SES through SSS were also tested. Results: Results indicate that SES is linked to mental and physical health outcomes, but in complicated ways. SSS, on the other hand, is consistently and robustly linked to health outcomes above and beyond income, education, occupational prestige, and Hukou status. Further significant indirect effects were found through SSS for income, education, and Hukou status. Conclusion: In China's context of rapid economic growth, relationships to SES and health appear complicated. However, subjective perceptions of status are consistently linked to health outcomes.
AB - Objectives: Although research has established a strong link between socioeconomic status (SES) and health in Western settings, comparable work in China lags behind. Similarly, studies showing a unique relationship for subjective social status (SSS) and health above and beyond SES have yet to be tested in China. The present study addresses these gaps. Methods: Regression analyses investigated the relationship between SES, SSS, and mental and physical health net of several covariates for 2,282 caregivers in Shanghai, China. Indirect relationships for SES through SSS were also tested. Results: Results indicate that SES is linked to mental and physical health outcomes, but in complicated ways. SSS, on the other hand, is consistently and robustly linked to health outcomes above and beyond income, education, occupational prestige, and Hukou status. Further significant indirect effects were found through SSS for income, education, and Hukou status. Conclusion: In China's context of rapid economic growth, relationships to SES and health appear complicated. However, subjective perceptions of status are consistently linked to health outcomes.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85013460588
U2 - 10.1111/ssqu.12360
DO - 10.1111/ssqu.12360
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85013460588
SN - 0038-4941
VL - 99
SP - 390
EP - 405
JO - Social Science Quarterly
JF - Social Science Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -