Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data

Previous studies have shown there are no consistent and robust associations between socioeconomic status and morbidity rates. This study focuses on the relationship between the socioeconomic status and the morbidity rates in China, which helps to add new evidence for the fragmentary relationship bet...

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Main Authors: Yunyun Jiang, Haitao Zheng, Tianhao Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/2/215
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spelling doaj-532fdfd03d104a6a8fbc1916d8d64b6e2020-11-25T00:53:07ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-01-0116221510.3390/ijerph16020215ijerph16020215Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS DataYunyun Jiang0Haitao Zheng1Tianhao Zhao2School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, ChinaPrevious studies have shown there are no consistent and robust associations between socioeconomic status and morbidity rates. This study focuses on the relationship between the socioeconomic status and the morbidity rates in China, which helps to add new evidence for the fragmentary relationship between socioeconomic status and morbidity rates. The National Health Services Survey (NHSS) and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data are used to examine whether the association holds in both all-age cohorts and in older only cohorts. Three morbidity outcomes (two-week incidence rate, the prevalence of chronic diseases, and the number of sick days per thousand people) and two socioeconomic status indicators (income and education) are mainly examined. The results indicate that there are quadratic relationships between income per capita and morbidities. This non-linear correlation is similar to the patterns in European countries. Meanwhile, there is no association between education years and the morbidity in China, i.e., either two-week incidence rate or prevalence rate of chronic diseases has no statistically significant relationship with the education level in China.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/2/215socioeconomic Statustwo-week incidence ratenumber of sick days per thousand peopleprevalence of chronic diseases
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author Yunyun Jiang
Haitao Zheng
Tianhao Zhao
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Haitao Zheng
Tianhao Zhao
Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
socioeconomic Status
two-week incidence rate
number of sick days per thousand people
prevalence of chronic diseases
author_facet Yunyun Jiang
Haitao Zheng
Tianhao Zhao
author_sort Yunyun Jiang
title Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data
title_short Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data
title_full Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data
title_fullStr Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data
title_full_unstemmed Socioeconomic Status and Morbidity Rate Inequality in China: Based on NHSS and CHARLS Data
title_sort socioeconomic status and morbidity rate inequality in china: based on nhss and charls data
publisher MDPI AG
series International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn 1660-4601
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Previous studies have shown there are no consistent and robust associations between socioeconomic status and morbidity rates. This study focuses on the relationship between the socioeconomic status and the morbidity rates in China, which helps to add new evidence for the fragmentary relationship between socioeconomic status and morbidity rates. The National Health Services Survey (NHSS) and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data are used to examine whether the association holds in both all-age cohorts and in older only cohorts. Three morbidity outcomes (two-week incidence rate, the prevalence of chronic diseases, and the number of sick days per thousand people) and two socioeconomic status indicators (income and education) are mainly examined. The results indicate that there are quadratic relationships between income per capita and morbidities. This non-linear correlation is similar to the patterns in European countries. Meanwhile, there is no association between education years and the morbidity in China, i.e., either two-week incidence rate or prevalence rate of chronic diseases has no statistically significant relationship with the education level in China.
topic socioeconomic Status
two-week incidence rate
number of sick days per thousand people
prevalence of chronic diseases
url http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/2/215
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