School of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China.
School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 1;10:757036. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.757036. eCollection 2022.
There is a strong link between occupation and self-rated health. Existing research has revealed the effects of occupation on self-rated health outcomes and the corresponding mechanisms. However, there is a lack of research on the effects of state services on self-rated health in China. Therefore, this study focuses on exploring the effects of serving as a state functionary in China on self-rated health to enrich research in related fields.
Based on the data of 14,138 individuals collected from the 2016 China Labour-Force Dynamics Survey, the logit model was used to investigate the effects of serving as a state functionary on self-rated health and the difference in the effects across different populations.
The results show that (1) serving as a state functionary has a significant positive effect on self-rated health; (2) self-rated health of elderly state functionaries is higher than that of younger state functionaries; (3) self-rated health of state functionaries in non-eastern regions is higher than that of state functionaries in eastern regions; and (4) state functionaries with lower education have higher self-rated health than highly-educated state functionaries; (5) Higher self-rated health of state functionaries is achieved primarily through better work time, better work environment and lower relative deprivation.
Serving as a state functionary in China has a significant positive correlation with self-rated health, with differences across populations of state functionaries. This study expands the current literature on the effects of occupation on self-rated health in the context of China.
职业与自评健康之间存在紧密联系。现有研究揭示了职业对自评健康结果的影响及其相应机制。然而，在中国，关于国家服务对自评健康的影响的研究还相对较少。因此，本研究聚焦于探讨中国担任国家公职人员对自评健康的影响，以丰富相关领域的研究。
基于 2016 年中国劳动力动态调查收集的 14138 名个体数据，采用对数模型探讨了担任国家公职人员对自评健康的影响及其在不同人群中的差异。
研究结果表明：（1）担任国家公职人员对自评健康有显著的积极影响；（2）年长的国家公职人员自评健康状况优于年轻的国家公职人员；（3）非东部地区的国家公职人员自评健康状况优于东部地区的国家公职人员；（4）受教育程度较低的国家公职人员自评健康状况优于受教育程度较高的国家公职人员；（5）国家公职人员更好的工作时间、工作环境和更低的相对剥夺感有助于提高其自评健康水平。
在中国，担任国家公职人员与自评健康呈显著正相关，且在国家公职人员群体中存在差异。本研究扩展了职业对自评健康影响的现有文献，尤其在中国情境下。
