Can Marriage be Bad for Health? Evidence from Turkey

• Autorzy: Hüseyin Kaya , Çağlar Yurtseven
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Literature on marital status and health generally finds that being married has a positive effect on health, however, this conclusion comes mostly from the studies of Western societies. In order to investigate whether this belief is generalizable to the entire world, we use the data on Turkey where family relations are mainly dominated by Oriental values and population is predominantly Muslim. We use the cross-sectional data from the 2010 Turkish Health Survey, which was carried out in 7,886 households (20,200 individuals)to employ an ordered probit model using self-rated health as a measure for health status. The results suggest that, contrary to the conclusions drawn from the previous studies, marriage has a negative effect on health status. We also show that this relationship is even stronger when we consider only women. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Health; General health of the society; Health condition of the population; Marriage

PL

Zdrowie; Zdrowotność społeczeństwa; Kondycja zdrowotna ludności; Małżeństwo

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 9
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 162--172

Twórcy

autor

Hüseyin Kaya

• İstanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey

autor

Çağlar Yurtseven

• Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

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DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2016/9-1/11