Education and subjective well-being in Chinese rural population: A multi-group structural equation model.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

This study aimed to explore the effect of education on subjective well-being (SWB) of Chinese rural dwellers who just shook off poverty in 2019 and to investigate the mediating role of social support and moderating role of age on the association.

Methods

Social support rating scale (SSRS) and General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS) were administrated among 1094 Chinese rural dwellers from Anqing, Anhui Province, China. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and multi-group SEM were performed to examine the mediating role of social support and moderating role of age in the link between education and SWB, respectively.

Results

The findings indicated that social support fully mediated the relationship between education and SWB in rural residents. Age moderated the indire

SUBMITTER: Hou T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8912145 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature