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| Causality Research on Socio-economic Status and Health Inequality |
| GAO Xing-min, XU Jin-hong |
| Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060 |
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Abstract The research on relationship between socio-economic status（SES）and health is fairly mature abroad, but it is still a weak area in domestic literature. Based on the perspective of social causation theory, this paper uses cross-sectional data of CHNS in 2011 to make a theoretical analysis of the relationship between SES and health through mathematical statistics and empirical analysis. The findings are as follow: the national health inequality indeed exists; there are significant positive correlations between health and socio-economic status; the better-educated have better health; people with higher family annual net income have better health. The nonlinear causal relation between health and socio-economic status shows that there exists an “inverted U” rather may no “S” relationship between income and health and that there may no “inverted U” or “S” relationship between education and health. The paper therefore suggests promoting fair income distribution and developing education to reduce health inequality.
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Received: 23 May 2015
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