Research Article

Modelling the Impact of Tourism on Mental Health of Chinese Residents: An Empirical Study

Table 3

Result of using instrumental variable to test the endogeneity of explanatory variable.

VariablesIVProbit β life_depress travel_dumIVProbit β life_depress travel_dumIVProbit β life_depress travel_dum

Travel_dum−0.898−0.788−0.738
(0.183)(0.257)(0.295)
Lnmetotal0.04990.0493
(0.00573)(0.00589)
Lnincome0.004670.00643
(0.00559)(0.00572)
Exercise frequency−0.00504−0.00521
(0.00657)(0.00680)
Dependency ratio−0.0174−0.0262
(0.0395)(0.0405)
Employment−0.228−0.253
(0.0526)(0.0537)
Job nature0.08460.0461
(0.0568)(0.0570)
Age0.01630.0170
(0.00845)(0.00861)
Age 2−0.0130−0.0117
(0.00839)(0.00855)
Ever-married−0.127−0.124
(0.0830)(0.0859)
Cohabitation0.1090.107
(0.263)(0.273)
Divorce0.2820.303
(0.132)(0.135)
Education0.138−0.130
(0.0270)(0.0286)
Constant−1.711−1.872−0.738
(0.0396)(0.199)(0.295)
Provincial effectNoNoYes
Observations240152401524015

Note. Values included in the bracket refer to the robust standard error. , , and represent, respectively, the evident results in the levels of 10%, 5%, and 1%.