Income distribution affects health in Japan

Income inequality in Japan is comparable with that in other industrialised countries, but higher levels of individual income have more influence on perceived health than does regional income inequality. Shibuya and colleagues (p 16) say that their findings mean that we should still be concerned with reducing income inequality.


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Individual income, income distribution, and self rated health in Japan: cross sectional analysis of nationally representative sample
Kenji Shibuya, Hideki Hashimoto, and Eiji Yano
BMJ 2002 324: 16. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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