Effects of public services use on the sense of acquisition among low-income groups: Mediating effect of physical health

This study purposed to investigate the influence mechanism of public services utilization on the sense of acquired among low-income groups, and verify the mediate effect of physical healthy. By analysis the direct and indirect effect, the study also provided suggestions into how to promote the sense acquires of low-income groups. The data was collected from 585 low-income groups from the whole country. The study employed the questionnaire survey, reliability and validity analysis, structural equation mode and regression analysis to test the research hypothesis. The regression coefficient of public services utilization to the sense of acquired was 0.21(p < 0.01), the regression coefficient of physical health to the sense of acquired was 0.28(p < 0.01). The regression coefficient of physical healthy to sense of acquired was 0.23 (p < 0.01). The physical healthy had took 19.05% meditate effect size in the total effect, the confidence interval was from 0.02 to 0.06. The public services utilization had positive effect on the sense of acquired in low-income groups. This study revealed that physical health assumed a partial mediating role in shaping the dynamics between public resources utilization and the sense of acquired particularly within low-income groups.