Migration status and internet use: gender differences in mental health among rural older adults in China
Since the mental health of the older migrants was worse than that of left-behind older adults or those without migrant children, and older migrant women derived fewer mental health benefits from Internet use than their male counterparts, it is necessary to pay more attention to rural older migrants, especially older women, to improve their willingness and ability to use the Internet.
Authors
- Taixiang Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-1805)
- Xiaoxiao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5586-025X)
- Shuijing Xu
- Dongyang Zhou
- Sizhan Cui
- Yaping Hu
Institutions
- Southwest Petroleum University (CN)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CN)
- Anhui University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1697446
- Primary Topic
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China