Spatial–Temporal Characteristics and Driving Factors of the Coupling Coordination between Population Health and Economic Development in China

Hui Tang, Yun Chen (), Rongjun Ao (), Xue Shen and Guoning Shi
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Hui Tang: College of Urban and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Yun Chen: School of Tourism and Culture Industry, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
Rongjun Ao: College of Urban and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Xue Shen: College of Urban and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Guoning Shi: College of Urban and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-17

Abstract: Promoting the coordinated development of population health and the economy is an important part of building a “Healthy China” and promoting high-quality economic development. Based on the systematic construction of the population health and economic development evaluation index system, this paper uses the coupled coordination model, geodetector, and geographically weighted regression (GWR) to comprehensively measure the population health level and economic development level at the provincial scale in China in 2000 and 2015, and reveals the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the coupled coordination relationship between the population health level and economic development level at the provincial scale in China from 2000 to 2015 and its driving factors. The results show the following: (1) China’s population health and economic development are in a high-level coupling stage, and the coupling level increases slightly with time; spatially, two types of running-in coupling and high-level coupling coexist; the coupling degree in the eastern and central regions tends to increase, while the coupling degree in the western region tends to weaken. (2) China’s population health and economic development are in a good coupling coordination stage as a whole, and the coupling coordination degree has an increasing trend; spatially, the coupling coordination degree shows high spatial differentiation characteristics in the east and low in the west; the good and high-quality coupling coordination type area tends to expand to the west, while the moderate coupling coordination type area tends to shrink to the west; there is also positive spatial agglomeration of coupling coordination degree, and the spatial agglomeration is gradually enhanced. (3) The coupling coordination of China’s population health and economic development is driven by multiple factors such as natural conditions, health resources, culture quality, and urbanization level; the interaction between factors is stronger than that of a single factor, and the driving effect of each factor also shows significant spatial heterogeneity. This study is intended to provide a scientific basis for promoting harmonious population health and economic development.

Keywords: population health; economic development; coupling coordination; driving factors; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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