The dynamic relationship between subjective social status and health: Evidence from a Chinese cohort study.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SOCIAL status; COHORT analysis; CHINESE people; CITY dwellers
    • Abstract:
      Purpose: Using nationally representative longitudinal data from 2010 to 2018 in China, this study systematically investigates the relationship between Subjective Social Status (SSS) and health (physical health and mental health) in the Chinese adult population. Methods: By applying between–within model, we disentangle the relationship between health outcomes and: (1) between‐individual differences in SSS and (2) within‐individual variations of SSS across time. In addition, to explore SSS mobility and trajectory, we further decomposed SSS into lagged SSS and the change between the current and lagged SSS (mobility). Results: We find that there is significantly positive and unique relationship (independent of Objective Social Status (OSS)) between SSS and physical and mental health. However, for physical health, we observed an Inverse‐U effect of average SSS, after some point (SSS = 3.93), higher average SSS is associated with a score decrease. Through heterogeneity analysis, we find that for physical health, within‐ and between‐effects decreases with age and for mental health, the within effect is only significant among the urban population. Individuals with high expected mobility are also found to have significantly better health. Conclusions: These findings show that the personal relative deprivation has negative, particularly salient and unique effects on the health of the Chinese population, and it is important to consider the dynamic nature of SSS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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