Inverted U-shaped relationship between education and family health: The urban-rural gap in Chinese dual society.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Healthy China Initiative emphasizes family health. Education is an upstream determinant of health, which can both achieve upward mobility and cause class solidification.

Methods

Using nationwide large-scale data collected in 2021, the present study explored the relationship between education and family health in the urban-rural dual society via Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition and propensity score matching.

Results

Our data revealed disparities in family health, educational attainment, household income, healthcare coverage, and job type between urban and rural China. An inverted U-shaped relationship existed between increasing years of education and family health. The upper limit was 17.1 years for urban residents and 13.7 years for rural residents, with

SUBMITTER: Jia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874332 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature