ArticleBMC health services research2025
Valuation of health losses among Japanese workers with children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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backgroundWomen experienced a larger decline in well-being than men did during the COVID-19 pandemic. This loss was greater for parents with childcare responsibilities living in Europe. However, little is known regarding the monetary value of health losses among Japanese workers with children during this time. This study filled this gap by attaching monetary values to poor self-assessed health (PSAH) due to a lower household income among middle-aged Japanese men and women.
methodsThis study used data on four waves from the Japan Household Panel Survey (JHPS) COVID-19 Special Survey conducted by Keio University to examine the impact of health conditions on life satisfaction among Japanese workers. It used the dichotomous variable PSAH to measure the value lost in moving from good, very good, or excellent health to fair or poor health. To select the explanatory variables for the estimation function measuring the impact of PSAH on life satisfaction, the determinants of PSAH were investigated using the random forest model. Considering the endogeneity between PSAH and life satisfaction, we used the two-stage residual inclusion approach with generalized residuals.
resultsThe results show a significant difference in the monetary value of the loss of life satisfaction due to poor health between adults with children and adults without children. The results support the hypothesis that adults with children experience greater health losses than adults without children do. The health losses of adults with children were approximately 3.49 million Japanese yen (JPY) (7.3 times the average monthly household income), that is, 1.04 million JPY more than that of adults without children. The direct impact of PSAH and severe mental distress on life satisfaction was greater for adults with children than for adults without children. DISCUSSION: Adults with children were more likely to experience mental ill-health in the two lowest income classes; thus, the magnitude of the monetary value of the loss of well-being due to poor health during the pandemic increased.
conclusionsHigher levels of mental health distress are associated with poorer health; therefore, attention must be paid to changes in income, sleep duration, and job insecurity among adults with children.
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