This book provides original evidence arguing for dignity as an indicator of public health, by offering a scientific framework for measuring dignity and its social determinants. Hitlin and Andersson show that dignity can be efficiently measured by using simple survey items that ask individuals whether there is dignity in their life or in how they are treated by others. National survey data show that unhappiness, sadness, anger, and lower general health are far more common for thosereporting undignified lives. These differences in reported dignity come from inequalities in social and economic resources and from experiences of disrespect, threat, or life stress. Social groups with less power generally report lower levels of dignity linked to these multifaceted resource andstress inequalities, which are examined throughout the book. Hitlin and Andersson show that dignity possesses universal value for health and well-being in America, providing a scientific basis for collective consensus and social inspiration.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; More than a Feeling: Dignity and Health Inequalities in America; Chapter One; A Wide-Ranging Tour of Perspectives on Dignity; Chapter Two; Seeing Circles: Dignity as a Public Health Issue; Chapter Three; Beyond Reason: Finding Dignity in Social Relations; Chapter Four; American Capitalism and its Multifaceted Links to Dignity; Chapter Five; Measuring Dignity Subjectively: Methodology for 2017 and 2021 Gallup Data; Chapter Six; Dignity as an Efficient Indicator of Social and Moral Integration; Chapter Seven; Is a Dignified Life a Healthier Life?; Chapter Eight; A Resource-Based Framework for Analyzing Levels of Dignity; Chapter Nine; Inequality and Stress: Charting Dignity During Social Adversity; Chapter Ten; One Polarized Nation: Dignity Across Political Ideologies; Conclusion; Moving Forward: Dignitys Role in Collective Consensus and Social Inspiration; References; Index;
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