2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Micro data analysis on geographical inequalities of health in Japan
| Project/Area Number |
20300297
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Geography
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAYA Tomoki Ritsumeikan University, 文学部, 准教授 (20298722)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUDA Ryozo 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (20260812)
FUJISAWA Yoshikazu 静岡県立大学, 経営情報学部, 准教授 (70387330)
HAMANO Tsuyoshi 島根大学, プロジェクト研究推進機構, 講師 (80410257)
TAKAO Soshi 岡山大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 講師 (50335626)
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| Research Collaborator |
HANIBUCHI Tomoya 立命館大学, 文学研究科, 特別研究員(PD)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 健康地理学 / 社会疫学 / 地理情報 / 地理的格差 / 社会格差 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to examine the geographic inequalities of health at a neighbourhood level in Japanese metropolitan areas by applying various spatial analysis techniques to micro data sets of Japanese adult population. As a result, not only compositional effects derived from the regional variations in population compositions of residential socio-economic status, but also contextual effects caused by socio-built neighbourhood environments significantly determine the geographic inequalities of health measured by self-rated health and other health-related behaviours. It is also revealed that the inequalities are structured by the social area distribution in the metropolitan areas. The result indicates the importance of public health policies to reduce deprivation and poverty concentrations as well as to create and maintain healthy neighbourhood environments.
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