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Table 2 Regression results

From: The impact of internet use on health among older adults in China: a nationally representative study

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Variables

health

health

poormental

poormental

frequency

0.016***

0.006***

-0.056***

-0.019**

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.009)

(0.008)

Controls

N

Y

N

Y

FE

Y

Y

Y

Y

Observations

23,673

19,403

23,673

19,403

R-squared

0.053

0.229

0.093

0.217

  1. Table 2 reports the baseline OLS regression results from 2014 to 2020. The dependent variable in columns (1) and (2) is self-rated health (health), and columns (3) and (4) are mental sub-health level (poormental). The key independent variable is frequency of Internet use (frequency). All specifications include county and year fixed effects. Robust standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the provincial level
  2. *, ** and *** indicate significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively
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