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Does college education reduce the risk of schizophrenia? Evidence from a college enrollment expansion policy in China.
Wang, Yanshang; Ding, Ruoxi; Luo, Yanan; He, Ping; Zheng, Xiaoying.
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  • Wang Y; School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China; China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. Electronic address: wangyanshang@bjmu.edu.cn.
  • Ding R; Peking University Sixth Hospital, 38 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. Electronic address: dingruoxi@163.com.
  • Luo Y; Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: luoyanan@bjmu.edu.cn.
  • He P; China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. Electronic address: phe@pku.edu.cn.
  • Zheng X; School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Electronic address: xzheng@pku.edu.cn.
Schizophr Res ; 264: 519-525, 2024 Feb.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38295748
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Schizophrenia occurs worldwide, and the health, and economic burden is substantial. As one of the common proxies of socioeconomic status (SES), education was reported to be associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia. However, there is no causal evidence about the relationship. This paper explores the health benefits of college education for schizophrenia.

METHOD:

Based on exogenous variation in college enrollment across regions and cohorts induced by college enrollment expansion policy, we use instrument variable (IV) estimate strategy to estimate impacts of college education on the risk of schizophrenia with the data from Second National Sample Survey on Disability.

RESULTS:

We find that college education reduces the risk of developing schizophrenia by 4.2 percentage points. Some further analyses suggest the causal protective effect is only found among men, rural, and low-income individuals.

CONCLUSIONS:

These findings provide new evidence for the causal relationship between college education and schizophrenia, and add to the literature on the health benefits of education.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Esquizofrenia Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Schizophr Res Asunto de la revista: PSIQUIATRIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Esquizofrenia Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Schizophr Res Asunto de la revista: PSIQUIATRIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos