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- Title
Economic Inequality is Associated with Long-Term Harm on Adolescent Well-Being in China.
- Authors
Du, Hongfei; Chi, Peilian; King, Ronnel B.
- Abstract
Economic inequality has been found to be detrimental to psychological well-being. However, previous studies were mostly based on cross-sectional data, drew exclusively on adults, and confined to Western developed countries. To address these shortcomings, the current study investigated the longitudinal association of income inequality with adolescent psychological well-being in a non-Western developing economy (i.e., China). We used the China Family Panel Studies data set with a representative sample of 3,042 adolescents (Mage = 12.59) from 20 provinces in China. Analyses showed that adolescents in more unequal provinces had lower happiness and more psychological distress. The associations between economic inequality and well-being varied across adolescents from different socioeconomic strata.
- Subjects
CHINA; INCOME inequality; WELL-being; TEENAGERS; CROSS-sectional method; HAPPINESS in adolescence; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
- Publication
Child Development, 2019, Vol 90, Issue 4, p1016
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.13253