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1992 the net death rate from alcohol disease in East Germany was five times higher than
in West Germany. The net death rate takes into account both the positive and negative
effects of alcohol on health. The overall net death rate declined in East Germany and
increased in West Germany, narrowing the gap to 2.5 times higher in East Germany by
1998. However, there was almost no change in relative death rates for younger people,
while the net death rates decreased in the East compared to the West for older people.
This again indicates that young East Germans experienced a high level of stress
immediately before and through the years immediately following reunification, while
there was an improvement for older East Germans.
The smoking patterns in East and West Germany also suggest that stress
contributed to the decline in health satisfaction. Junge and Nagel (1999) studied smoking
patterns in East and West Germany using a representative sample of 7,124 men and
women between 18 to 79 years old conducted in 1998. The authors conclude that
compared to a previous survey in 1990/92, the proportion of male smokers dropped by
3% in West Germany, but remained the same in East Germany. The proportion of female
smokers rose by 1% in West Germany, but by 8% in East Germany. Junge and Nagel
(1999) also show that the percentage of West German men between 25 and 49 that
smoked decreased between 1990/1992 and 1998, but it increased for East Germans. On
the other hand, the percentage of men between 50 and 69 that smoked decreased between
1990/1992 and 1998 for both East Germany and West Germany. Again, these data point
to the younger age groups in East Germany exhibiting more poor health behaviors
58
Object Description
| Title | Essays on health and well-being |
| Author | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
| Author email | smith2@usc.edu; jackiesmith04@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Economics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-23 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 26 Apr. 2012. |
| Date published | 2012-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Easterlin, Richard A. Ham, John C. |
| Advisor (committee member) | Melguizo, Tatiana |
| Abstract | This dissertation is comprised of three chapters that use microeconometric techniques to investigate the factors that affect people’s well-being. In the first two chapters, well-being is defined as life satisfaction or health satisfaction. The first chapter explores how the movement from socialism to capitalism affected the life satisfaction and health satisfaction of East Germans relative to West Germans after reunification. The second chapter examines whether women are happier, less happy, or equally happy as men in countries at various stages of development. The third chapter examines whether pollution affects the academic performance of school children; their academic performance and achievements will have important implications for their future well-being. |
| Keyword | happiness; well-being |
| Geographic subject | Germany |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1990/2010; 2002/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3782 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Zweig-4500 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Zweig-4500.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 67 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 58 1992 the net death rate from alcohol disease in East Germany was five times higher than in West Germany. The net death rate takes into account both the positive and negative effects of alcohol on health. The overall net death rate declined in East Germany and increased in West Germany, narrowing the gap to 2.5 times higher in East Germany by 1998. However, there was almost no change in relative death rates for younger people, while the net death rates decreased in the East compared to the West for older people. This again indicates that young East Germans experienced a high level of stress immediately before and through the years immediately following reunification, while there was an improvement for older East Germans. The smoking patterns in East and West Germany also suggest that stress contributed to the decline in health satisfaction. Junge and Nagel (1999) studied smoking patterns in East and West Germany using a representative sample of 7,124 men and women between 18 to 79 years old conducted in 1998. The authors conclude that compared to a previous survey in 1990/92, the proportion of male smokers dropped by 3% in West Germany, but remained the same in East Germany. The proportion of female smokers rose by 1% in West Germany, but by 8% in East Germany. Junge and Nagel (1999) also show that the percentage of West German men between 25 and 49 that smoked decreased between 1990/1992 and 1998, but it increased for East Germans. On the other hand, the percentage of men between 50 and 69 that smoked decreased between 1990/1992 and 1998 for both East Germany and West Germany. Again, these data point to the younger age groups in East Germany exhibiting more poor health behaviors 58 |
