title: Effects of family budgeting responsibility on subjective health status: An empirical study of Japanese wives.
abstract: We examine whether the decision-making power of Japanese wives affects their health status. Looking at cross-sectional data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers (JPSC) conducted with women, we create a new measure for decision-making power based on participation in family budgeting. The data sample covers 1,306 married women aged 25 to 45 years in 2004. We find that Japanese wives are more likely to report good health when they have more responsibility than their husbands for household budgeting. Additionally, having more education or being fully employed increased the probability of reporting "good health" by more than six percentage points.
authors.affiliation: a The Health Care Science Institute , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: b Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering , University of Tsukuba , Ibaraki , Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D002017:Budgets; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D004467:Economics; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018454:Spouses / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology