Study on the Impact of Health Risks on Chinese Rural Household Income

Abstract

Based on the China General Social Survey data in 2015, 2018 and 2021, this paper uses a two-stage least squares method to empirically test the effect of health risks on Chinese rural household income and its heterogeneity among different groups. The study found that: first, health risks can significantly reduce the income of rural households in China; second, health risks are difficult to negatively impact the income of rural households with high school education and above, but have a significant negative impact on the income of rural households with middle school and primary education; third, compared with rural households in the central and western regions, the income of rural households in the eastern region is more vulnerable to the negative impact of health risks and causes greater losses. In order to deal with the negative impact of health risks on the income of Chinese rural families, it is recommended to strengthen the health risk prevention of the main labor force in rural families, improve the rural health education system, and balance the health protection policies of rural families in the western, central and eastern regions.