The use of the Internet has a promoting effect on the physical health of the older people. However, previous studies are mostly focused on the perspective of the overall population, or limited to the direct effects, ignoring the exploration of the mechanism of action and the perspective of the older people. Based on the data of the China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020, this study found that the use of the Internet has a significant effect on the physical health of the older people, especially among the population groups of females, rural residents, and those living in central and western regions of China. In addition, this study also found that the use of the Internet by the older people can increase their exercise frequency, thereby improving their physical health. Therefore, to promote active aging, this study proposes to further increase the popularity of the Internet among the older people, encourage the introduction of age-appropriate Internet systems and sports facilities, create an online fitness platform for the older people, and promote scientific fitness programs for them.
The existing research on residents’ health care consumption mostly covers medical care consumption and seldom regards residents’ health care consumption as an independent research object. This article takes residents' healthcare consumption as the research object and aims to explore the impact of socioeconomic status on healthcare consumption and its mechanisms. The data of this study came from the 2018-China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The binary probit regression model and the Tobit model explored the impact mechanism of residents’ income, education, occupation, and physical activity on health care consumption decision-making and health care expenditure, respectively. The research results showed that, from the perspective of the direct influence mechanism, residents’ work income (0.029, p < 0.01) and education level (811.149, p < 0.01) had a significant positive impact on health care consumption. Residents whose occupations (−99.697, p < 0.01) tend to be more skilled and also have higher health care consumption. From the perspective of the mediating mechanism, residents' physical exercise duration had a significant positive impact on their participation in healthcare consumption (0.005, p < 0.01) but had a weaker impact on healthcare consumption expenditure (21.678, p < 0.1). In general, socioeconomic status represented by income, education, and occupation had a significant positive impact on residents’ health care consumption. The duration of physical exercise also played an important mediating role.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected physical and mental health around the world, and an increasing number of groups are seeking important means to improve individual health. The fitness, social, and economic functions that sports possess have attracted widespread attention. Methods: This article used data from the China General Social Survey (CGSS2017). This article divides multidimensional health into three aspects: mental health, physical health and social health. By constructing a binary logistic model, this paper intends to address two theoretical hypotheses: 1) participation in physical exercise significantly improves the multidimensional health of urban and rural residents, and 2) socioeconomic status plays a mediating role in the process of physical exercise promoting the health of urban and rural residents. Result: After including independent and control variables, the results of Model (1) indicate that participation in physical exercise can significantly improve the mental health of urban and rural residents (p=0.000 < 0.01), and the OR value (odds ratio=exp0.159) is 1.172. Model (3) results indicate that participation in physical exercise significantly improves the physical health of individuals (p=0.000 < 0.01), and the OR (odds ratio=exp0.239) is 1.270. Model (5) results indicate that participation in physical exercise significantly improves social health (p=0.000<0.01), and the OR (odds ratio=exp0.305) is 1.357. Hypothesis 1 was verified. The establishment of a mediating effect test model showed that participation in physical activity improves individuals' multidimensional health by improving their socioeconomic status, that socioeconomic status is a mediating path for participation in physical activity to improve individuals' multidimensional health, and that it is a partially mediating path. Hypothesis 2 was verified. Conclusion: Participation in physical exercise can significantly improve the multidimensional health of individuals, and this effect is heterogeneous for groups with different household, marital, regional, and educational levels; participation in physical exercise can significantly increase the possibility of individuals improving their socioeconomic status; and socioeconomic status plays a mediating role in the process of participating in physical exercise to improve the multidimensional health of individuals.
Since 2007, providing government-guided funds has gradually become an important policy means to develop the sports industry. First, this study defined the concept of government-guided funds. Second, Jiangsu Province was chosen for a case study. By referring to relevant requirements, a hierarchical model of government management performance evaluation for government-guided funds in the sports industry was established. Finally, the index system was used to evaluate the government management performance related to government-guided funds for the sports industry in Jiangsu, and corresponding suggestions were proposed to optimize the management and organization processes.
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