Bakkeli Nan Zou
Consumption Studies Norway, Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway.
SSM Popul Health. 2020 Apr 14;11:100582. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100582. eCollection 2020 Aug.
It is widely recognised that income alone may not accurately reflect people's economic circumstances. In recent years, there has been increasing focus on multidimensional measures of economic scarcity. This study employs the newest survey data from Consumption Research Norway to explore the relationship between economic scarcity and self-reported health (SRH) in Norway. It defines economic scarcity by identifying disadvantaged social groups in terms of consumption, income and wealth/homeownership. Using propensity score matching, we compare health outcomes for economically disadvantaged and advantaged social groups - finding that consumption measures of scarcity are significantly associated with health, while there is no significant relationship between health and homeownership. When using matching estimators, health scores differ significantly between people with higher and lower incomes, but the associations are weakened when other socioeconomic variables are controlled for. This study applies empirical evidence from Norway to the existing health literature and contributes to a relatively new analytical approach by incorporating consumption into the prediction of health outcomes.
人们普遍认识到，仅靠收入可能无法准确反映人们的经济状况。近年来，人们越来越关注经济匮乏的多维度衡量标准。本研究采用挪威消费研究的最新调查数据，探讨挪威经济匮乏与自我报告健康状况（SRH）之间的关系。它通过识别消费、收入和财富/住房拥有方面的弱势社会群体来定义经济匮乏。使用倾向得分匹配法，我们比较了经济弱势和优势社会群体的健康结果——发现匮乏的消费衡量标准与健康显著相关，而健康与住房拥有之间没有显著关系。当使用匹配估计量时，高收入和低收入人群的健康得分存在显著差异，但在控制其他社会经济变量后，这种关联会减弱。本研究将挪威的实证证据应用于现有的健康文献，并通过将消费纳入健康结果预测中，为一种相对较新的分析方法做出了贡献。
