Lim Sojung, Raymo James M
Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 0730 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-0730.
Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
J Marriage Fam. 2016 Jun;78(3):780-796. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12298. Epub 2016 Mar 31.
In this study, we evaluate alternative hypotheses about the potentially harmful or beneficial effects of marriage on women's health and examine the factors underlying observed relationships between marriage and health. Using data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, an annual survey of a nationally representative sample of Japanese women ( = 1,610), our study advances current scholarship on marriage and health by focusing on a context characterized by a high degree of gender inequality. Results from models employing different approaches to the potential role of health-related selection into marriage consistently indicate that marriage is associated with better mental and physical health and that the lower levels of employment among married women play an important role in explaining this relationship. Our findings highlight the importance of considering how the specific pathways linking marriage and health may vary across societies with different gender and institutional contexts.
在本研究中，我们评估了关于婚姻对女性健康潜在有害或有益影响的替代假设，并考察了婚姻与健康之间观察到的关系背后的因素。利用日本消费者面板调查的数据，该调查对具有全国代表性的日本女性样本（=1610人）进行年度调查，我们的研究通过关注高度性别不平等的背景，推进了当前关于婚姻与健康的学术研究。采用不同方法研究与健康相关的婚姻选择潜在作用的模型结果一致表明，婚姻与更好的心理和身体健康相关，并且已婚女性就业水平较低在解释这种关系中起着重要作用。我们的研究结果强调了考虑婚姻与健康之间的具体联系途径如何因不同性别和制度背景的社会而异的重要性。
