Social integration, physical and mental health and subjective well-being in the floating population—a moderated mediation analysis

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Haixia Zhou¹  Yiying Zhu¹  Longyuan Jiang¹  Chengcheng Fei¹  Haiyan Yu² 

[1] School of Public Health and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China;null;

关键词: social integration;    subjective well being;    floating population;    mental health;    social capital;    physical health;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1167537

 received in 2023-02-16, accepted in 2023-06-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIndividuals of domestic migrant populations in China (specifically, migration that is economically driven) often face difficulties in social integration. They are suffering from discrimination and unfair treatment in work and life, which do harm to their physical/mental health and Subjective Well-Being (SWB).MethodsThe current study utilized a stratified sampling survey in the Yangtze River Delta region of China, in October and November 2022. Six hundred and eleven useful self-reported questionnaires were collected. Questionnaires include questions about social integration, social capital, physical/mental health, and SWB; Bootstrapping method was used to test the mediating effect of physical health and mental health. Multiple hierarchical regression was used to test the moderating effect of social capital.ResultsSocial integration had positive impact on the SWB (r = 0.523, p < 0.01). Bootstrap analysis showed that physical health and mental health partially mediated the correlation between social integration and SWB of Floating Population with a mediation effect of 0.149 and 0.192. Social capital can positively moderate the relationship between two pair of variables: social integration and SWB (β = 0.152, t = 4.42, p < 0.001), physical health and SWB (β = 0.148, t = 4.39, p < 0.01). However, social capital does not play a significant moderating role in the association between the effect of mental health on SWB (β = 0.032, t = 0.973, p > 0.05).ConclusionThis study proved a significant correlation between social integration and SWB of Floating Population, with physical/mental health playing a mediating role. Enhancing the social integration of floating population and keeping healthy physically and mentally are key to improving their SWB.

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