子女文化程度对中老年父母健康状况影响的实证研究

An Empirical Study on the Influence of Children’s Education on the Health Status of Middle-Aged and Old Parents

摘要: 基于Grossman的健康需求理论，文章使用2014年全国抽样调查的全国代表性数据，研究了成年子女文化程度是否对其父母的健康具有正向作用。通过构建logistic模型分析成年子女文化程度对中老年父母健康的影响程度。并针对不同性别、不同户籍、不同年龄父母的健康状况做了异质性分析。结果表明成年子女文化程度对其父母健康状况具有显著影响，异质性分析表明子女文化程度对男性父母、农村父母、年轻父母健康状况影响程度分别大于对女性父母、城镇父母、年长父母的影响程度。并提出教育回报虽然漫长，但教育投资的加大依然是必要的，特别是在农村。

Abstract: Based on Grossman’s health needs theory, this paper uses the national representative data of the 2014 national sample survey to study whether the educational level of adult children has a positive effect on the health of their parents. Logistic model was constructed to analyze the influence of adult children’s educational level on the health of middle-aged and elderly parents. The heterogeneity of health status of parents with different genders, household registrations and ages was analyzed. The results show that the education level of adult children has a significant indigenous influence on the health status of their parents. The heterogeneity analysis shows that the influence of children’s education level on the health status of male parents, rural parents and young parents is greater than that on female parents, urban parents and elderly parents. We put forward the education return although long, but the increase of education investment is still necessary, especially in rural areas.