TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships among socioeconomic factors and self-rated health in japanese adults
T2 - NIPPON DATA2010
AU - NIPPON DATA2010 Research Group
AU - Ota, Atsuhiko
AU - Yatsuya, Hiroshi
AU - Nishi, Nobuo
AU - Okuda, Nagako
AU - Ohkubo, Takayoshi
AU - Hayakawa, Takehito
AU - Kadota, Aya
AU - Okayama, Akira
AU - Miura, Katsuyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
1Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan 2International Center for Nutrition and Information, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan 3Department of Health and Nutrition, University of Human Arts and Sciences, Saitama, Japan 4Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 5Research Center for Social Studies of Health and Community, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan 6Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan 7Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan 8Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention, Tokyo, Japan
Funding Information:
Funding: This study was supported by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (Comprehensive Research on Life-Style Related Diseases including Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes Mellitus [H22-Junkankitou-Seishuu-Sitei-017, H25-Junkankitou-Seishuu-Sitei-022]). Conflicts of interest: None declared.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Background: The distributions of socioeconomic status (SES) factors have been changing in Japan. We examined the relationships among SES and self-rated health (SRH) in Japanese adults. Methods: We analyzed 1,178 men and 1,555 women. We showed the distribution of SRH by sex and age and examined cross-sectional relationships among educational attainment, marital=living statuses, working status, household income and expenditure, and fine SRH (defined as excellent, very good, or good). We adjusted for age, subjective symptoms, visiting doctors, monthly equivalent household expenditure (EHE), and living in their own house. Results: The age-standardized prevalence of fine SRH was 79% and 73% among men and women, respectively. Among men, graduating from high school (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.53; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07–2.19, relative to graduating from elementary or junior high school) and university or junior college (aOR 1.74; 95% CI, 1.15–2.62) was associated with fine SRH. Among women, graduating from university or junior college was associated with fine SRH (aOR 1.65; 95% CI, 1.12–2.46). Neither marital=living status nor working status was associated with SRH after adjustments for age in either sex. Among women, high EHE and income were associated with fine SRH (the highest expenditure group: aOR 1.80; 95% CI, 1.22–2.65; the highest income group: aOR 2.15; 95% CI, 1.34–3.46, relative to the corresponding lowest group). These simple relationships were not observed for men. Conclusions: High educational attainment was associated with fine SRH. Relationships among household income, EHE, and fine SRH differed by sex.
AB - Background: The distributions of socioeconomic status (SES) factors have been changing in Japan. We examined the relationships among SES and self-rated health (SRH) in Japanese adults. Methods: We analyzed 1,178 men and 1,555 women. We showed the distribution of SRH by sex and age and examined cross-sectional relationships among educational attainment, marital=living statuses, working status, household income and expenditure, and fine SRH (defined as excellent, very good, or good). We adjusted for age, subjective symptoms, visiting doctors, monthly equivalent household expenditure (EHE), and living in their own house. Results: The age-standardized prevalence of fine SRH was 79% and 73% among men and women, respectively. Among men, graduating from high school (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.53; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07–2.19, relative to graduating from elementary or junior high school) and university or junior college (aOR 1.74; 95% CI, 1.15–2.62) was associated with fine SRH. Among women, graduating from university or junior college was associated with fine SRH (aOR 1.65; 95% CI, 1.12–2.46). Neither marital=living status nor working status was associated with SRH after adjustments for age in either sex. Among women, high EHE and income were associated with fine SRH (the highest expenditure group: aOR 1.80; 95% CI, 1.22–2.65; the highest income group: aOR 2.15; 95% CI, 1.34–3.46, relative to the corresponding lowest group). These simple relationships were not observed for men. Conclusions: High educational attainment was associated with fine SRH. Relationships among household income, EHE, and fine SRH differed by sex.
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U2 - 10.2188/jea.JE20170246
DO - 10.2188/jea.JE20170246
M3 - Article
C2 - 29503389
AN - SCOPUS:85049255611
VL - 28
SP - S66-S72
JO - Journal of Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Epidemiology
SN - 0917-5040
ER -