School of Public Administration, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
School of Marxism, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Inquiry. 2022 Jan-Dec;59:469580221104370. doi: 10.1177/00469580221104370.
We study the relationship between household registration status (Hukou) and the state of individuals' health to find out whether inequality in health between urban and rural population exists in China. We have used the probit model to regress the state of health on household registration using the individual-level data of the 2018 CFPS survey. We find that inequality in health between urban and rural population does exist in China. Individuals with rural Hukou have a higher probability by 1.4% to be admitted to hospital than individuals with urban Hukou. While, individuals with rural Hukou tend to over-estimate the state of their health as the probability for them to assess themselves healthy is higher by 1.7% than individuals with urban Hukou. The findings suggest that policy makers should recognize the issue of rural-urban health inequalities and take measures, such as controlling pollution in rural areas and providing high quality routine health checks for rural population to deal with the problem.
我们研究了户籍状况(户口)与个人健康状况之间的关系,以了解中国城乡人口的健康不平等是否存在。我们使用了个体层面的 2018 年中国家庭追踪调查数据,通过概率回归模型来考察户口与健康状况之间的关系。我们发现,中国的城乡人口健康不平等确实存在。拥有农村户口的个体比拥有城市户口的个体住院的可能性高 1.4%。然而,农村户口的个体往往高估自己的健康状况,因为他们自认为健康的概率比城市户口的个体高 1.7%。这些发现表明,政策制定者应该认识到城乡健康不平等问题,并采取措施,如控制农村地区的污染和为农村人口提供高质量的常规健康检查,以解决这一问题。