Influence of Demographic Factors on the Mental Health of Chinese Residents and Mechanisms——Empirical Study Based on Provincial Panel Data

Corresponding author: Jiao Jun, jiaojun@ruc.edu.cn

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202404.00029

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  Abstract: Objective: To analyze the effects of urbanization, ageing, and population mobility on the proportion of hospital psychiatric visits, and the moderation effect of living alone. Methods: Based on provincial panel data from 2010 to 2019, we applied the Hausmann-Taylor model to explore the factors and mechanisms influencing the mental health of Chinese residents. Results: Urbanization and population mobility were negatively and positively correlated with the proportion of hospital psychiatric visits. The interaction terms of urbanization and ageing, and urbanization and living alone were negatively correlated with the proportion of hospital psychiatric visits, and the interaction term of ageing and living alone was positively correlated with the proportion of hospital psychiatric visits. Conclusion: Urbanization is a protective factor for the mental health of the Chinese residents, which has effectively ameliorated the negative impact of ageing. Population mobility is a risk factor for the mental health of the Chinese residents. Rising rate of living alone has expanded protective effect of urbanization on mental health and deepened the mental health problems associated with aging. While promoting urbanization, attention should be paid to the mental health assessment and intervention of the rural elderly population, the migrants and the population who are living alone.

  Key words: Mental health; Urbanization; Aging; Population mobility; Living alone

  Submit time: 16 April 2024

  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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