Abstract
Based on the data of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2017, the paper divides overall health into physical, mental, and social health, using the ordered probit model to examine the impact of Internet use on multi-dimensional health. It then discusses the possible heterogeneity in different groups and underlying mechanism. Results found that using the Internet can improve the health level in multiple dimensions. After endogenous and robustness tests, the results remain robust. Heterogeneity analysis shows that Internet use has more obvious effects on the health of senior high school education or above, the elderly, and men. Further analysis of the mediating effect model found that information, leisure, and social preferences are important path mechanisms for Internet use to promote physical, mental, and social health, respectively.
Highlights
With the implementation of the “broadband China” strategy, China’s Internet industry has developed rapidly in recent years
The general, physical, mental, and social health are divided into five ordered levels, i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, while controlling many variables such as individuals and family characteristic and using the regression of ordered probit model to investigate the impact of Internet use on individual’s multi-dimensional health
On the bases of the data of the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this paper examines the impact of Internet use on general, physical, mental, and social health
Summary
With the implementation of the “broadband China” strategy, China’s Internet industry has developed rapidly in recent years. According to the 47th China Statistical Report on Internet Development issued by the China Internet Network Information Center in February 2021, by December 2020, the scale of Chinese netizens has reached 989 million, and the main netizens have begun to transform from youth groups to minors and “silver netizens.”. The overall Internet penetration rate has reached 70.4%, the number of mobile Internet users has reached 986 million, and the proportion of netizens using mobile phones to access the Internet is as high as 99.7%. According to the 44th China Statistical Report on Internet Development, as of December 2016, the number of Internet users using Internet medical services has reached 194.76 million, with a utilization rate of 26%
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