老年人生活满意度差异的来源与解析:一个基于结构方程模型的实证研究

本文根据CHARLS 2011年全国基线数据并运用结构方程模型,通过社会地位、家庭经济、身体健康、心理健康与老年人生活满意度的复杂交互影响关系,解读老年人生活满意度差异的来源.结果表明,社会地位对老年人生活满意度的影响表现出双面性和复杂性;家庭经济是心理健康的首要因素,与老年人生活满意度呈正相关;家庭经济对身体健康影响不显著,老年人心理健康是身体健康的主要影响因素;老年人生活满意度还表现出性别差异,男性表现更低.     

养儿防老和母以子贵:是儿子还是儿女双全?

了解养儿防老、母以子贵等传统生育文化的影响对中国稳定低生育水平至关重要。使用2008年中国老年人健康因素跟踪调查数据,通过logistic回归分析子女性别对老年父亲、母亲生活质量(包括生活满意度和婚姻满意度)、家庭地位(包括经济决策权和自我决策权)的影响发现,儿子的作用大大下降,儿女双全除了增加老年父亲的婚姻满意度以外,并没有提高老年人的生活质量,养儿未必能防老;生育儿子或儿女双全并没有提高老年母亲的家庭地位,甚至有儿子的老年母亲的经济决策权还更低;老年人自身的社会经济因素显著提高了老年人的生活质量和家庭地位。养儿防老、母以子贵等传统生育文化影响逐渐减弱,这对中国稳定低生育水平是一个利好的消息。     

不同家庭结构中的老年人主观生活评价分析——基于贵阳市调查数据的实证检验

利用贵阳市调查数据,对不同家庭结构中的老年人生活状况和生活满意度进行分析。文章假定:主干家庭中的老年人生活状况及满意度高于核心家庭,而核心家庭高于夫妇家庭和单身家庭。即:主干家庭>核心家庭>夫妇家庭>单身家庭(">"表示优于)。并从老年人对其生活状况(包括经济状况、生活照料、精神慰藉)和生活满意度的主观感受和评价来考察这一假定。结果发现:夫妇家庭中的老年人主观生活状况及满意度最高,单身老年人次之。新的次序变为:夫妇家庭>单身家庭>主干家庭>核心家庭。文章对此进行了解释。分析还发现,生活自由度可能是影响老年人主观生活评价的一个重要指标。     

亲情感对老年人生活满意度的影响

在现实生活中 ,亲情感对老年人的生活满意度有重要影响。家庭居住形式、老年人与亲人互动的精神生活中所体现的亲情感影响着老年人晚年生活的满意度。社会经济文化变迁对老年人亲情满足感会产生一些不利影响 ,社区服务、劳务储蓄等都可以使老年人感到心理充实、增加生活满意度     

社会支持对老年人身体健康和生活满意度的影响——基于代际经济支持内生性视角的再检验

基于2013年中国健康与养老追踪调查数据,本文在IV-Oprobit模型的基础上,引入子女数量和城镇居民平均工资作为工具变量以克服家庭代际经济支持的内生性问题,实证检验了人口老龄化加速背景下,"社会养老"模式和 "养儿防老"模式如何对老年人的身体健康和生活满意度产生影响,两者之间是否存在替代或者协同效应.实证结果表明:总体而言,家庭代际经济支持由老年人的身体健康状况决定,并且两者呈现出显著的负相关关系,同时它还将对老年人的生活满意度产生积极的影响;进一步的分析发现,家庭代际经济支持对高龄老年人的身体健康发挥了增益作用,而低龄老年人所获得的家庭经济供养则与其健康状况负相关;此外,子女的日常照料使得父母的身体健康和生活满意度双双提升;社会正式支持中仅城镇职工养老保险能够提升老年人的生活满意度,而参加新农保和新医保将会显著提升家庭代际经济支持水平,从而间接促进老年人的身体健康和生活满意度.由此可见,"养儿防老"和"社会养老"呈现出协同促进效应,而非替代效应.     

代际支持对农村老年人生活满意度影响的纵向分析

文章利用2001年、2003年和2006年安徽省农村老年人生活状况跟踪调查数据,采用个体增长模型,结合农村实际状况,考察代际支持对农村老年人生活满意度的影响。结果发现老年人获得子女提供的经济支持、代际间双向的家务帮助和情感支持提升了老年人的生活满意度;在代际支持对生活满意度的影响中,老年人获得子女提供的经济支持对获得子女提供的家务帮助具有替代作用;结果反映了农村家庭代际支持仍是以老年人的需求为中心,揭示了养儿防老的儒家孝文化在中国农村仍盛行,而老年人为子女的牺牲精神现实生活中不可被轻视,揭示了代际支持对老年人生活满意度的影响机制为主效应模型的增益作用。     

老年人的心理特征因素对生活满意度的影响

文章利用2002年全国老年人口健康状况的调查数据,在以往有关社会经济因素、健康因素、人口因素等对老年人生活满意度影响的研究的基础上,引入心理特征变量,通过多元回归模型分析了心理特征因素对老年人生活满意度自评的影响。统计结果显示,在控制了其他影响因素的基础上,老年人的性格、情绪、孤独感及焦虑程度等对生活满意度自评具有一定的影响。此外,在考虑了心理特征因素的影响之后,原有模型中变量的回归系数与p-value值都发生了变化。     

城市老年人生活满意度及其影响因素研究——以厦门市为个案

基于2007年下半年对厦门市城区老年人生活状况的调查数据分析城市老年人生活满意度及其影响因素。调查表明,与全国其他城市一样,厦门市城区老年人的生活满意度处于较高水平,88．3％的老年人对生活感到满意：二元logistic回归的conditional forward分析显示影响厦门市城区老年人生活满意度的因素．从高到低依次为经济够用程度、子女孝顺程度、日常生活方便程度、婚姻状况、心理状况,logistic回归模型的拟合优度为34．2％。     

影响城乡老年人生活满意度的社区养老社会环境建设现状——基于1440份问卷调查

对江苏省南通市1440份问卷的数据分析显示,老年人对各级政府为老服务的满意度、所在村居是否组织老年人活动、村居领导是否关心老人是影响城乡老年人生活满意度的共同性因素;老年人对村居医疗卫生服务的满意度、老年人所在村居是否重视尊老敬老宣传、村居成员是否关心老人等变量仅影响城市老年人的生活满意度;有无老年人活动场所、村居领导是否尊敬老年人、是否有志愿者服务等变量仅对农村老年人的生活满意度具有影响。社会应改善各相关影响因素,以提高老年人的生活满意度。     

利还是弊:“啃老”对老年生活满意度的影响

本文利用中国健康与养老追踪调查数据(CHARLS)2011年数据,实证分析子女"啃老"对老年人生活满意度的影响。在考虑了数据聚类特征的情况下,发现老年人向子女提供经济支持有利于老年人生活满意度的提高,而照看孙子女则降低了老年人的生活满意度。而且,上述影响在不同老年人群体间缺乏一致性,也就是存在性别、城乡、年龄、不同经济状况间的差异。此外,老年人的健康状况、年龄、受教育程度、个人经济状况及所在社区情况都会对老年人生活满意度产生影响。     

Trajectory of Life Satisfaction and its Relationship with Subjective Economic Status and Successful Aging

The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between subjective economic status and indicators of successful aging to life satisfaction trajectories among the elderly in Taiwan. Data were from the four waves of “Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan”. Hierarchical linear modeling was conducted. Subjective economic status was measured by childhood economic status and time-varying economic satisfaction. Time-varying physical, mental, and social successful aging variables and demographics were also used to describe the trajectory of life satisfaction. Life satisfaction showed a slightly decreasing but generally stationary trend across time. The concurrent economic satisfaction was associated with life satisfaction trajectory, but childhood economic status was not significant. The time-varying depressive symptoms, cognitive function and social support were related to the life satisfaction trajectory. Policy on the elderly should take particular account of the economic security, mental health, and social support of the elderly.     

Living Arrangement and Life Satisfaction of the Elderly in South Korea

With a rapid aging population in South Korea, the elderly living alone has received particular attention from researchers and stakeholders. Although previous research has found that living alone negatively affects life satisfaction of the elderly, much remains unclear about how life satisfaction of the elderly changes over time as their living arrangement change. To advance knowledge on life satisfaction of the elderly, using the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging we tested the association between life satisfaction (overall life, health, and financial) of the elderly and their living arrangement. Our longitudinal research found that the elderly living with family had significantly higher life satisfaction compared to those living alone between 2006 and 2016. In addition, individuals who had a superior economic profile and maintained physical activity and social relations showed higher life satisfaction than their counterparts. Our findings suggest that to improve the life satisfaction of the elderly living alone, both material and psychological support programs are needed. Future research is needed to account for the multi-faceted nature of life satisfaction.

     

空巢老年人健康状况实证研究及政策建议——福州市社区空巢老年人健康状况调查

本研究采用分层整群抽取福州市鼓楼、台江、仓山三个区60岁及以上的社区老年人,采用入户调查方法调查了空巢老人躯体健康、生活自理能力(ADL)、经济状况、精神健康、社会健康5个维度的健康状况及其影响因素。本研究提示了福州市社区空巢老年人占老年人总体比例的39%,其中男性多于女性,由logistic检验得出空巢老年人健康状况受年龄、性别、原职业、是否赞成非家庭养老方式、锻炼程度等因素的影响,并提出改善空巢老年人的健康状况的对策建议。     

我国高龄老人照料资源分布及照料满足感研究

高龄老人是一个对照料需求更高的群体,目前,高龄老人的照料完全满足感并不高。在居家养老建设不断加快的背景下,高龄老人的照料资源仍然集中在家庭内部,他们对社会服务的利用率极低;高龄老人的年龄、健康状况、经济状况、所在城乡以及照料者类别及其意愿对照料满足感的影响较大。政府及社会在提升高龄老人照料满足感的过程中,要科学规划居家养老服务,关注贫困、认知能力差和空巢高龄老人群体,重视家庭代际和谐建设,加快专业社工队伍发展,加强国际交流。     

Life satisfaction and family structure among adolescents in Hong Kong

Relationships between family structure and perceived life satisfaction in overall life and five domains of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale, family life, friendships, school experience, myself, and where I live were examined among 4,502 Chinese adolescent secondary school students in Hong Kong. Bivariate analyses showed that economic status was not a significant risk factor, but gender, level of study, and migrant status had to be controlled to examine the life satisfaction-family structure relations. Logistic regression analyses found that in overall life, with adolescents living with two parents as standard for comparisons, adolescents living with mother had similar life satisfaction, but those living with father only, and those with no parents, or single parent with other adults had very much higher risk of life dissatisfaction. Specifically, the risks associated with the adverse family structures were most excessive in the domain of ‘family life’.     

婚姻匹配结构与主观幸福感——来自中国大样本微观数据的实证研究

本文利用2006年中国综合社会调查（ CGSS ）数据,研究首次婚姻中,夫妻个人经济状况匹配和家庭经济状况匹配的不同组合与婚后生活幸福感之间的关系。本文发现,无论是男性还是女性,在控制了年龄、年龄的平方、受教育年限、民族、政治面貌、户口、宗教信仰、工作满意程度、个人健康满意程度、人际关系满意程度、住房状况、家庭经济状况、家庭关系满意程度以及省份哑变量等变量的情况下,相对于“门当户对”,家庭经济状况为“男低女高”婚配结构的生活会更幸福。在分组回归中,本文进一步发现,以“个人经济状况和家庭、经济状况同为门当户对”作为基准组,“个人经济状况为门当户对,且家庭经济状况为男低女高”的婚配结构会更幸福。如果家庭经济状况为“男低女高”是男女双方为了追求爱情而冲破传统“门第”观点的结果,那么,本文发现的引申含义是基于爱情的婚姻会更幸福。     

The Subjective Well-Being of Immigrants Aged 50 and Older in Israel

The present study evaluated the integration of elderly people who migrated to Israel during their lifetimes. Subjective well-being, as measured by the immigrants’ perception of quality of life, satisfaction with life and emotional state, served as a general indicator of integration. The integration of elderly immigrants has not received adequate attention in the literature. A unique database (SHARE-Israel) that was recently released has made study of this topic possible. The current study sample was composed of former migrants aged 50 and older (n = 930). The analytic model examined ethnic origin and migration variables in relation to the respective subjective outcomes, controlling for sociodemographic background, human and social capital and health. The findings show that in general, ethnic origin seems to matter less for the evaluation of immigrants’ subjective well-being than other socio economic factors such as economic status, social capital and health status. However, recent arrivals from the Former Soviet Union do differ from all other immigrant groups in their lower levels of well-being. In addition, the study points to the importance of language proficiency as a central means for integration in the destination country.     

How Neighborhood Features Affect Quality of Life

In this paper we report on the development ofthree conceptual models that explain howsatisfaction with neighborhood features affectresidents' quality of life (life satisfaction). The first model posits that satisfaction withsocial, economic, and physical features of theneighborhood affects life satisfaction throughthe mediation effect of one's overall feelingstoward the neighborhood. That is, satisfactionwith the social, economic, and physicalfeatures tend to contribute to one's overallsatisfaction with the neighborhood(neighborhood satisfaction), which in turnplays a positive role in overall feelingstoward life (life satisfaction). Survey datafrom a variety of communities located insouthwest Virginia were collected, and the datafailed to provide support to this model. The second model posits that satisfaction withthe neighborhood features (social, economic,and physical) does affect life satisfactionthrough a hierarchy-of-satisfaction effects –satisfaction with the neighborhood featuresimpacts neighborhood satisfaction, which inturn affects community satisfaction and housingsatisfaction. Housing satisfaction, in turn,affects home satisfaction. Both homesatisfaction and community satisfaction, inturn, affect life satisfaction. The surveydata failed to support this model too. The third model posits that satisfaction withdifferent features of the neighborhood (social,economic, and physical) affect different domainsatisfactions, which in turn affect lifesatisfaction. Specifically, the model arguesthat satisfaction with the physical featuresaffects both neighborhood satisfaction andhousing satisfaction. Neighborhoodsatisfaction plays a role in communitysatisfaction, whereas housing satisfactionplays a role in home satisfaction. Bothcommunity satisfaction and home satisfaction,in turn, play a role in life satisfaction. Satisfaction with the social features of theneighborhood plays a role in the satisfactionwith the neighborhood and the community – thelatter feeds into life satisfaction. Satisfaction with the economic features of theneighborhood plays a role in the satisfactionwith the house and home – the latter feeds intolife satisfaction. The data were mostly supportive of this model.