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Abstract：
Health, as basic human capital, is quite important for rural adults. However, in China, the average level of public health facilities and services is far lower in rural areas than in cities. In recent years, the internet has developed rapidly in China, and is increasingly affecting rural adults in a positive way. The purpose of this paper is to reveal whether internet use can be an effective way to improve the health of rural adults. This study used three rounds of data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) collected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. After eliminating samples due to attrition, the study included 7528 villagers who were at least 16 years old. A panel logit model was employed to conduct an empirical analysis. The results indicate that internet use has a significantly positive impact on health outcomes of rural adults. By using the internet, rural adults can find a large amount of health information, increase their social interaction, and maintain physical exercise to improve their health. Thus, it is important to promote internet use for health purposes in rural areas. In addition, internet use had heterogeneous effects on the health of rural adults of different genders, age groups, and education levels. Attention should be focused on highly educated older men to improve the effects of internet use.
摘要：
健康,作为基本的人力资本，对农村成年人来说非常重要。然而,在中国,农村地区公共卫生设施和服务的平均水平远低于城市。近年来,互联网在中国发展迅速，并越来越多地以积极的方式影响农村成年人。本文旨在揭示互联网使用是否可以成为改善农村成年人健康的有效途径。本研究使用了2014年、2016年和2018年中国家庭面板研究(CFPS)收集的三轮数据。由于磨损而消除样品后，这项研究包括7528名至少16岁的村民。采用面板logit模型进行了实证分析。结果表明，互联网使用对农村成年人的健康结果有显著的正向影响。通过使用互联网，农村成年人可以找到大量的健康信息，增加他们的社交互动，并保持体育锻炼以改善他们的健康。因此，促进农村地区出于健康目的使用互联网很重要。此外,互联网使用对不同性别的农村成年人的健康有不同的影响，年龄组,和教育水平。应将注意力集中在受过高等教育的老年男性上，以改善互联网使用的效果。
