China's rural population ageing situation is extremely serious, and the social network has become a very important social and environmental factor to ensure the health. This study aims to explore the association mechanism between social network types and health-related behaviours among the elderly in rural Hubei Province, China. A cross-sectional cluster sample survey method was used to investigate elderly individuals aged 60 or older. The following three results were obtained: (1) the level of health-related behaviours differed significantly depending on their social network types. The rural ...
