Regional differences in prevalence of pollinosis by social area type

• MURANAKA Akio

  Ritsumeikan University

• NAKAYA Tomoki

  Ritsumeikan University

• HANIBUCHI Tomoya

  JSPS Ritsumeikan University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 社会地区類型に着目した花粉症有病率の地域差
• シャカイ チク ルイケイ ニ チャクモク シタ カフンショウユウビョウリツ ノ チイキサ

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine regional differences in the prevalence of pollinosis by social area type in a geodemographics dataset by carrying out binomial logistic regression analysis on the 2002-2006 Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS) data. The results indicate that people living in rural areas and working in the agriculture and forestry industries are less prone to contracting pollinosis, and people with a higher household income have a higher risk of contracting the disease compared to those with a lower household income. These findings are consistent with the hygiene hypothesis that sanitary environments impair normal development of immunity and increase the risk of contracting allergic diseases. This study also exemplifies the usefulness of geodemographics as a concise indicator of the local environment for explanatory analysis of environmental health risks of pollinosis.

Journal

• Theory and Applications of GIS

  Theory and Applications of GIS 19 (2), 127-137, 2011-12-31

  Geographic Information Systems Association

Keywords

• pollinosis
• self-reported data
• social area type
• geodemographics
• JGSS: Japanese General Social Surveys

Details

• CRID: 1390564238078552704
• NII Article ID: 10030185112
• NII Book ID: AN10457305
• DOI: 10.5638/thagis.19.127
• ISSN: 21855633
• ISSN: 13405381
• NDL BIB ID: 025625214
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/025625214
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025625214
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/thagis/19/2/19_127/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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