A study on the relationship between education and health of middle-aged and elderly population in China

Corresponding author: Zheng xiaoying, xzheng@pku.edu.cn

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202111.00018

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  Abstract: Objective: To explore the correlation between education level and health status of middle-aged and elderly population in China, and to study the mediating effect of health behavior and socioeconomic status. Methods: 15,691 case of middle-aged and elderly people aged over 45 years were extracted from the 2018 data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to create nationally representative estimates. Based on the PLS-SEM model and stepwise regression method, we study the effects of education on health. Results: The health status of middle-aged and elderly population in China was better with the improvement of education level. The mediating effect of health behavior and social and economic status on health was 0.017 and 0.080 respectively. Education has a positive effect on mental health and daily living abilities. Different health behaviors and socioeconomic status have different effects on physical health, mental health and daily living abilities. Conclusion: Education has a significant positive impact on the health of the middle-aged and elderly population, and plays an indirect role through health behavior and socioeconomic status. There are differences in the ways that education affects health through health behavior and socioeconomic status. At the same level of education, individual characteristics and regional characteristics affect health status.

  Key words: Education; Health; Middle-aged and elderly people; PLS-SEM

  Submit time: 19 January 2022

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted biomedRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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