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Relative Deprivation, Poverty, and Subjective Health: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Masashige Saito
  • Katsunori Kondo
  • Naoki Kondo
  • Aya Abe
  • Toshiyuki Ojima
  • Kayo Suzuki
  • the JAGES group

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To evaluate the association between relative deprivation (lacking daily necessities) and subjective health in older Japanese adults, we performed a cross-sectional analysis using data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES). The data were obtained from functionally independent residents aged ≥65 years from 24 municipalities in Japan (n = 24,742). Thirteen items in three dimensions were used to evaluate relative deprivation of material conditions. Approximately 28% of older Japanese people indicated that they lacked some daily necessities (non-monetary poverty). A two-level Poisson regression analysis revealed that relative deprivation was associated with poor self-rated health (PR = 1.3–1.5) and depressive symptoms (PR = 1.5–1.8) in both men and women, and these relationships were stronger than those observed in people living in relative poverty (monetary poverty). The interaction effect between relative deprivation and relative poverty was not associated with poor health. As a dimension of the social determinants of health, poverty should be evaluated from a multidimensional approach, capturing not only monetary conditions but also material-based, non-monetary conditions.

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  • Masashige Saito & Katsunori Kondo & Naoki Kondo & Aya Abe & Toshiyuki Ojima & Kayo Suzuki & the JAGES group, 2014. "Relative Deprivation, Poverty, and Subjective Health: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(10), pages 1-9, October.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111169
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