Table 2 Baseline regression estimation results.

Internet use

0.095^***

0.098^***

0.087^***

0.099^***

0.034^***

0.028^**

(0.024)

(0.025)

(0.027)

(0.028)

(0.012)

(0.012)

Gender

0.309^***

0.326^***

0.068

0.071

−0.018

−0.005

(0.111)

(0.111)

(0.114)

(0.113)

(0.068)

(0.071)

Age

0.008^**

0.008^**

−0.033^***

−0.033^***

−0.003^*

−0.003^*

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.002)

(0.002)

Educational level

0.079^*

0.082^*

0.125^***

0.132^***

0.055^***

0.046^**

(0.043)

(0.044)

(0.045)

(0.046)

(0.021)

(0.021)

Social status

0.284^***

0.285^***

0.110^**

0.107^*

0.073^***

0.076^***

(0.060)

(0.060)

(0.055)

(0.056)

(0.024)

(0.024)

Physical health before age 15

0.086^*

0.085^*

0.225^***

0.236^***

0.021

0.012

(0.048)

(0.049)

(0.046)

(0.046)

(0.029)

(0.028)

Frequency of health-related behaviors

0.070^**

0.063^*

0.062^*

0.069^**

0.003

0.003

(0.034)

(0.035)

(0.033)

(0.034)

(0.019)

(0.019)

Quality of local medical and health infrastructure

0.200^***

0.198^***

0.203^***

0.203^***

0.028

0.026

(0.049)

(0.049)

(0.051)

(0.051)

(0.028)

(0.027)

Number of insurance types purchased

0.174^***

0.173^***

0.170^***

0.144^***

0.042^*

0.055^**

(0.050)

(0.050)

(0.052)

(0.052)

(0.023)

(0.023)

% of non-agricultural labor

0.189

0.188

0.001

−0.003

0.613^***

0.616^***

(0.142)

(0.142)

(0.143)

(0.143)

(0.070)

(0.070)

Cultivated land area per capita

0.017

0.019

−0.005

−0.000

0.019^**

0.017^*

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.010)

(0.009)

Skills training

0.316^***

0.303^***

0.043

0.048

0.078^**

0.077^**

(0.080)

(0.081)

(0.080)

(0.082)

(0.031)

(0.031)

Social support

0.015

0.021

−0.032

−0.025

0.019^*

0.017

(0.022)

(0.022)

(0.022)

(0.023)

(0.011)

(0.011)

Constant term

-

-

-

-

3.313^***

3.292^***

-

-

-

-

(0.236)

(0.240)

County-level fixed effects

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Observations

1037

1037

1037

1037

1037

1037

R²

0.070

0.073

0.096

0.099

0.171

0.181