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Exploring the Economic and Social Determinants of Psychological and Psychosocial Health

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Shields, Michael A.
Price, Stephen Wheatley

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This paper explores the determinants of individuals' psychological and psychosocial health using recent Health Survey for England data. We find evidence that our dependent variables, defined, respectively, from the GHQ12 and Perceived Social Support scores, are negatively related to household poverty as well as acute and chronic physical health. Unemployment has a detrimental effect for both men and women, but this effect is mitigated for individuals residing in high employment deprivation areas, suggesting a 'social norm' effect. Our random effects (household) ordered probit modelling approach finds that unobserved intra-household characteristics play an important role in determining an individual's levels of psychological and psychosocial health.

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Psychische Gesundheit Psychosoziale Gesundheit Mangel Norm Arbeitslosigkeit Psychische Gesundheit Psychosoziale Gesundheit Mangel Norm Arbeitslosigkeit Psychological health psychosocial health deprivation intra-household effects social norm unemployment

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2001

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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;396

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Shields, Michael A.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Price, Stephen Wheatley
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:02:46Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-30
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    2015-12-01T10:32:14Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:02:46Z
  • Date of first publication
    2001
  • Abstract / Description
    This paper explores the determinants of individuals' psychological and psychosocial health using recent Health Survey for England data. We find evidence that our dependent variables, defined, respectively, from the GHQ12 and Perceived Social Support scores, are negatively related to household poverty as well as acute and chronic physical health. Unemployment has a detrimental effect for both men and women, but this effect is mitigated for individuals residing in high employment deprivation areas, suggesting a 'social norm' effect. Our random effects (household) ordered probit modelling approach finds that unobserved intra-household characteristics play an important role in determining an individual's levels of psychological and psychosocial health.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16850
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1131
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8959
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 396
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;396
  • Keyword(s)
    Psychische Gesundheit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Psychosoziale Gesundheit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Mangel
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  • Keyword(s)
    Norm
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  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitslosigkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Psychische Gesundheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Psychosoziale Gesundheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Mangel
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Norm
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  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitslosigkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Psychological health
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  • Keyword(s)
    psychosocial health
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  • Keyword(s)
    deprivation
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  • Keyword(s)
    intra-household effects
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  • Keyword(s)
    social norm
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  • Keyword(s)
    unemployment
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Exploring the Economic and Social Determinants of Psychological and Psychosocial Health
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  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok