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在全球范围内，不少女性在政界发挥重要作用，但不可否认女性参政的比例远低于男性。既有

研究发现女性参政有益于居民的整体健康水平，而参与社区层面治理可能更易于女性领导发挥

该群体特有影响力。本期推送的文章关注中国城乡社区干部的性别与社区居民的身体和心理健

康。文章选自《Journal of Health and Social Behavior》期刊"Women's Political Leadership and

Adult Health: Evidence from Rural and Urban China"。

 

该研究主要以中国村居中的女干部作为关注点，基于CFPS2010和2014年健康与主

观幸福感相关数据对社区干部的数量及人力资本水平进行跨城乡比较研究。研究发

现，女性社区干部所在区域的居民拥有更好的心理健康，但在身体健康或生活满意

度方面没有显著优势。

 

Journal

 

《Journal of Health and Social Behavior》，2021,62(1),100-118

 

DOI

 

10.1177/0022146520987810

 

Author

 

Hongwei Xu1*; Nancy Luke2; Susan E.Short3

1.Queens College-CUNY, Queens, NY, USA 

2.Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA 

3.Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

 

Women’s Political Leadership and Adult Health: Evidence from Rural and Urban China

 

Abstract

 

This study examined the role of women’s political leadership at the community level in China,

a context that has experienced recent political and socioeconomic change and has a distinctive

rural–urban divide. Drawing on longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies (N range

= 40,918–52,406 person-year observations), we found that female community directors

outnumbered male directors in urban China but were much less common in rural areas. Female

community directors had higher levels of human capital regardless of rural or urban location.

Residents living in female-directed communities reported better mental health but not physical

health or life satisfaction compared to those living in male-directed communities, and this asso-

ciation was most robust among rural women. For rural women, the mental health benefit of living

in female-directed communities was partially explained by reduced personal experience of gender

discrimination, suggesting that female leadership fosters ideational change toward women that

lowers discriminatory behaviors among constituents.

 

Keywords

 

Adult health, China, Community, Gender discrimination, Political leadership

 

Data

 

Data from CFPS 2010 and 2014

 

 

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