What role does social class play in the impact of social environment on residents' health.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to identify the role and pathways through which social class plays a part in the impact of the social environment on residents' health. Using data from the China General Social Survey 2021, we analyzed a sample of 2715 participants to assess the role and pathways of social class in the influence of the social environment on residents' health. We employed the Ordinary Least Squares model to quantify the impact of the social environment on residents' health and utilized the Karlson-Holm-Breen method along with the construction of product terms to estimate the mediating and moderating effects of social class. To address endogeneity, we conducted robustness tests using the instrumental variable method. Our findings indicate that in the process of the social environment's impact

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008417 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature