Open AccessStratum Differences in Health Behaviour of Elderly Group—An empirical research based on harmonized CHARLS
Author(s) -
Jie Hua
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1437/1/012114
Subject(s) - longitudinal study , stratum , logistic regression , panel data , ordered logit , empirical research , psychology , negative binomial distribution , social class , regression analysis , demographic economics , gerontology , econometrics , economics , medicine , statistics , mathematics , engineering , market economy , geotechnical engineering , poisson distribution
Based on the harmonized CHARLS data, this paper discussed the impact of social class on the health behaviour of the elderly. Through negative binomial panel regression and logit panel regression with fixed effect, the study found that older people with higher social strata pay more attention to maintaining their health and thus tend to avoid health risk behaviours. Among them, education has a specially significant impact on the choice of health behaviour, and elder people with higher education have a healthier behaviour. In addition, retirement also has a significant impact on the health of the elderly, mainly reflected in the possibility of their exercise habits disappearing after retirement.