The impact of pension on the health behavior of elderly rural residents: evidence from China

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Regression discontinuity estimation results

	Panel A		Panel B
	Phase 1	Consciously controlling sugar intake	Phase 1	Consciously controlling salt intake
Pension	0.263^***	0.561^*	0.262^***	0.487^*
	(0.074)	(0.303)	(0.074)	(0.288)
Bandwidth		3.590		3.623
Control variables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
N		589;642		589;642
	Panel C		Panel D
	Phase 1	Consciously controlling edible oil intake	Phase 1	Learning health knowledge or wellness knowledge
Pension	0.264^***	0.470	0.263^***	0.251
	(0.074)	(0.298)	(0.073)	(0.279)
Bandwidth		3.700		4.00
Control variables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
N		589;642		864;795

The robust standard error of clustering to the township level is reported in parentheses, with * p < 0.1, * * p < 0.05, * * * p < 0.01. The covariates include gender, education level, marital status, BMI, chronic disease, disability, and family income. The default minimum mean square error bandwidth is used in the table

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