Residents' Internet use, family economic status, and self-rated health: gender-based differences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People's health is an important foundation for national development.

Methods

This study uses data from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to empirically test the impact of residents' Internet use and family economic status on self-rated health.

Results

The empirical research results show that, first, residents' Internet use and family economic status significantly promote their self-rated health. Second, a gender difference exists in how Internet use and family economic status affect residents' self-rated health. Third, after introducing the interaction term between residents' Internet use and family economic status, it is found that family economic status negatively regulates the promotion of Internet use on residents' self-rated health, suggest

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744871 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature