Open AccessEducation-Related Gender Differences in Health in Rural China
Author(s) -
Jing Wu,
Yuanli Liu,
Keqin Rao,
Qi Sun,
Juncheng Qian,
Li Zhu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.10.1713
Subject(s) - inequality , china , rural area , health education , health equity , gender inequality , public health , demography , environmental health , geography , medicine , sociology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , nursing , archaeology , pathology
We investigated gender differences in education-related health inequalities in rural China. Household interview data were obtained from 6 provinces in 1993 and 2001. Remarkable health inequalities existed and favored the higher educational groups; among women, the inequalities were greater and health inequalities increased from 1993 to 2001. Education serves as a more powerful mediating factor for health inequalities among women than among men in rural China.