The Impact of Young People’s Subjective Social Status on Their Perceptions of Inequality: A Comparison of the Relative Importance Between Socioeconomic Status Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-238
Author(s):  
Gwangeun Choi ◽  
Minjin Park
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Perceptions Of Inequality ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Social trust and emotional health in rural older adults in China: The mediating and moderating role of subjective well-being and subjective social status

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongsheng Chen ◽  
Zhenjun Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BackgroundChina is becoming an aging society. The emotional health of the elderly is gaining importance. Social trust is an important factor affecting emotional health, but existing studies have rarely considered the various effects of different types of social trust on rural elderly emotional health. Few studies have analysed the role of subjective well-being and subjective social status in the relationship between social trust and elderly emotional health.MethodsUsing the data of the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey 2016 (CLDS 2016) and regression models, this study selected 2084 rural respondents aged 60 years and above to analyse the impact of social trust on their emotional health. Social trust was divided into three categories: trust in family members, trust in friends, and trust in neighbours. This study also examined the mediating and moderating effects of subjective well-being and subjective social status on the relationship between social trust and emotional health.ResultsTrust in family members was significantly and positively associated with emotional health (coefficient=0.194, P<0.01) and subjective well-being (coefficient=0.177, P<0.01). Trust in friends was significantly and positively associated with emotional health and subjective well-being (coefficient=0.097, P<0.01; coefficient=0.174, P<0.01, respectively). Trust in neighbours was significantly and positively associated with emotional health and subjective well-being (coefficient=0.088, P<0.01; coefficient=0.177, P<0.01; respectively). Subjective well-being effectively reduced the impact of social trust in family, friends, and neighbours on the emotional health of the elderly by 0.023, 0.022, and 0.023, respectively. Trust in friends and neighbours significantly and positively affected respondents’ subjective social status (coefficient=0.120, P<0.05; coefficient=0.090, P<0.10; respectively). Subjective social status effectively reduced the impact of social trust in friends and neighbours on the emotional health of the elderly both by 0.004. The positive relationship between trust in family members and emotional health is weakened by subjective well-being.ConclusionsSocial trust, especially family relationships, play an important role in maintaining the emotional health of the rural elderly. In response to population ageing, more social policies must be introduced to care for the rural elderly and help them lead a happy and satisfactory life.

scholarly journals Sleep and the Social Matrix: Determinants of Health Status Beyond Objective Social Status

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Stacy A. Ogbeide ◽  
Christopher A. Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Primary Care Patients

AimThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and objective socioeconomic status (SES) on sleep status (sleep duration and daytime sleepiness).MethodThe study sample included 73 primary care patients from a free medical clinic in which low-income individuals are primarily treated. Subjective social status was measured using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status which uses a pictorial format (social ladder) in order to assess current social status. Socioeconomic status was measured by assessing highest level of education and current income level.ResultsCommunity SSS did not significantly predict sleep duration or daytime sleepiness. Additional regression analyses were conducted and it was found that an overall model of U.S. SSS and community SSS significantly predicted perceived stress. Community SSS was found to be significantly associated with perceived stress. Regression results also indicated that an overall model of U.S. SSS and community SSS significantly predicted perceived health status.ConclusionIt may be beneficial for clinicians working with low-income primary care populations to include measures of SSS in addition to the traditional measures of SES for multidimensional patient care.

scholarly journals Comparison group matters for chronic stress effects of subjective social status

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (14) ◽  
pp. 1923-1928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M Geiger ◽  
Clemens Kirschbaum ◽  
Jutta M Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Stress Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Inconsistent associations between health and measures of subjective social status compared to one’s community suggest that how people define community may matter. This study broke down community into status among neighborhood and friends/family to assess the impact of each domain on chronic stress in individuals differing in socioeconomic status (18 employed and 18 unemployed individuals). The findings suggest that for ratings of subjective social status, the social and physical proximity of the reference group matters. Specifically, neighborhood status was affected by unemployment, while friends/family status was associated with perceived stress, emphasizing the importance of the comparison group in assessing subjective status.

scholarly journals Mind over matter. The impact of subjective social status on health outcomes and health behaviors

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. e0202489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo D’Hooge ◽  
Peter Achterberg ◽  
Tim Reeskens
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Relationship between subjective social status and perceived health among Latin American immigrant women

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1353-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mª Visitación Sanchón-Macias ◽  
Dolores Prieto-Salceda ◽  
Andreu Bover-Bover ◽  
Denise Gastaldo
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Macarthur Scale

OBJECTIVE: to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status and subjective social status and explain how subjective social status predicts health in immigrant women. METHODS: cross-sectional study based on data from 371 Latin American women (16-65 years old) from a total of 7,056 registered immigrants accesse through community parthers between 2009-2010. Socioeconomic status was measured through education, income and occupation; subjective social status was measured using the MacArthur Scale, and perceived health, using a Likert scale. RESULTS: a weak correlation between socioeconomic and subjective social status was found. In the bivariate analysis, a significantly higher prevalence of negative perceived health in women with no education, low income, undocumented employment was observed. In the multivariate analysis, higher odds of prevalence of negative perceptions of health in the lower levels of the MacArthur scale were observed. No significant differences with the rest of the variables were found. CONCLUSIONS: the study suggests that subjective social status was a better predictor of health status than the socioeconomic status measurements. Therefore, the use of this measurement may be relevant to the study of health inequalities, particularly in socially disadvantaged groups such as immigrants.

scholarly journals Effect of characteristics and life in cities in China on residents’ smoking behaviour

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 4226-4234
Author(s):  
Yang Chen ◽  
Hongsheng Chen ◽  
Zhigang Li
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Passive Smoking ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
Second Hand Smoke ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Relationship

Objective This study aimed to identify the relationship between city-level economic development and smoking behaviour. Methods Using multilevel mixed-effects logistic methods, we examined the relationship between smoking/passive smoking and respondents’ lifestyles in the city. Results We found that respondents living in cities with higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) were less likely to smoke than those living in cities with lower per capita GDP (odds ratio [OR] = 0.977, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.958–0.997). Further, respondents with higher levels of life satisfaction and subjective social status were less likely to smoke than those with lower levels of these variables (OR = 0.942, 95% CI: 0.893–0.994; OR = 0.955, 95% CI: 0.928–0.983, respectively). In terms of passive smoking, respondents with higher levels of subjective social status in their cities were less likely to smoke than those with lower levels (OR = 0.972, 95% CI: 0.948–0.996). Smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke were more common among those with lower socioeconomic status. Conclusions Smoking is one of the most serious public health hazards in China. People’s smoking behaviour is significantly related to characteristics of their cities and their socioeconomic status. Improved smoking-prevention measures are urgently required in China.

Subjective social status, self-rated health and tobacco smoking: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 1388-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidyane do V Camelo ◽  
Luana Giatti ◽  
Sandhi M Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Objective Indicators

Using baseline data from ELSA-Brasil ( N = 15,105), we investigated whether subjective social status, measured using three 10-rung “ladders,” is associated with self-rated health and smoking, independently of objective indicators of social position and depression symptoms. Additionally, we explored whether the magnitude of these associations varies according to the reference group. Subjective social status was independently associated with poor self-rated health and weakly associated with former smoking. The references used for social comparison did not change these associations significantly. Subjective social status, education, and income represent distinct aspects of social inequities, and the impact of each of these indicators on health is different.

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