Impacts of poverty stigma on negative affect among welfare recipients: path analysis on Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR

Siu Ming Chan; Hung Wong; Tat Chor Au-Yeung; Xuan Huo; Qin Gao

doi:10.1080/17516234.2020.1806428

Impacts of poverty stigma on negative affect among welfare recipients: path analysis on Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR

Siu Ming Chan^*, Hung Wong, Tat Chor Au-Yeung, Xuan Huo, Qin Gao

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Abstract

Using two random sampling surveys from Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR, this study aims to compare the poverty stigma, perceived living standards and subjective well-being of welfare and non-welfare recipients in the two regions. The results show that means-tested welfare recipients generally experience high levels of stigma and negative affect. Path analysis models reveal that the direct impact of such stigma on negative affect is significant in Mainland China. However, in Hong Kong SAR, the impact of stigma on negative affect is indirect, through social interaction and self-rated health.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-164
Journal	Journal of Asian Public Policy
Volume	15
Issue number	1
Online published	13 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2020.1806428
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Research Keywords

Hong Kong SAR
Mainland China
Means-tested welfare
poverty stigma
subjective well-being

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Impacts of poverty stigma on negative affect among welfare recipients: path analysis on Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR

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