Does Income Inequality Impair Health? Evidence from Rural China

In the context of Healthy China strategy and targeted poverty alleviation policy, based on survey data 1710 apple planters in Shandong, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu provinces, we selected Probit model mediating effect test to analyze impact income inequality self-rated health farmers this paper. The main results are as follows: First, within villages townships had a significant negative health, with both showing inverted U-shaped relationships, while counties no health. Second, can farmers, terms tobacco alcohol behaviors, social trust, sense relative deprivation, where ratio these three factors combined accounted for 32.4% total effect. Furthermore, was heterogeneous among different groups, high-income group less than that low-income group, indicating an increase serves aggravate degree inequality. Therefore, government should adopt differentiated policies improve farmers. rural areas high inequality, focus increasing guide them develop healthy lifestyle, their reduce deprivation. incomes generally low, first qualified become rich, then encourage others rich later.