目的:研究我国居民健康状况与社会经济地位之间的相关关系。方法:基于混合截面数据和面板数据,分别采用多种健康指标和代表社会经济地位的指标进行多元回归,对回归结果进行比较分析。结果:总体说来,社会经济地位越高的居民,健康状况越好;但当使用不同的健康指标和社会经济地位指标来测算两者之间的相关性时,所得结果有所不同。结论:社会经济地位通过多种途径作用于个人健康状况,如果仅用单一指标进行量化分析,难以全面深入地揭示其作用机制。
Objective:To explore the correlativity between health and socioeconomic status among Chinese residents.Methods:Adopting multiple indicators for health and socioeconomic status in multivariate regressions using pooled data and panel data respectively,and comparing regression results.Results:Generally speaking,residents with higher socioeconomic status have better health.But the correlativity varies when different indicators for health and socioeconomic status are adopted.Conclusion:Socioeconomic status affects health through multiple channels.Therefore,quantitative analysis based on single indicator cannot fully reveal the mechanics between socioeconomic status and health.