Dialect culture and the utilization of public health service by rural migrants: Insights from China.

ABSTRACT: The right to health is a fundamental human right for human beings to live in dignity. Everyone has the right to enjoy the fair and accessible highest standard of health by utilizing public health services. However, access to essential public health services also highly depends on the dialect culture. It is believed that the dialect culture also influences the efficiency of public health policies. To explore the phenomenon empirically, the current study utilized data sourced from geographical distribution information of Chinese dialects and the China Migrants Dynamic Survey for 2017. The study employed the Probit, IVprobit, and Eprobit models to estimate the impact of dialect culture on migrants' use of public health services. The findings revealed that the dialect culture significantly hin

SUBMITTER: Zhao Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9687394 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature