The Health Consequences of Social Mobility in Contemporary China
Author | : Fei Yan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1375525710 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Health Consequences of Social Mobility in Contemporary China written by Fei Yan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although numerous studies have shown the importance of an individual's socioeconomic status on his or her self-rated health status, less well-known is whether self-perceived class mobility, a measure highly correlated with an individual's de facto social class and past mobility experiences, affects self-rated health. In this paper, we attempt to fill the gap by examining how perception of class mobility is associated with self-rated health. Using eight waves of Chinese General Social Survey data spanning the years 2005 to 2015, we conducted an analysis at the micro (individual) level and the macro (provincial) level. Analyses at both levels yielded consistent results. At the individual level, we employed ordered logistic regression and found that those who perceived themselves as experiencing upward mobility were associated with higher health status compared with those experiencing downward mobility. At the provincial level, the findings from static panel analysis further revealed the positive relationship between the two measures.