中国农村独立生活的老年人主观幸福感的社会经济因素。
Socio-economic factors related with the subjective well-being of the rural elderly people living independently in China.
机构信息
School of Politics and Public Administration, Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center for New-type Urbanization and Social Governance of Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
School of Stastistics and Mathemetics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, China.
出版信息
Int J Equity Health. 2015 Jan 17;14:5. doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0136-4.
BACKGROUND
Many Chinese elderly increasingly face the serious problem of the "empty nest" phenomenon. The elderly living independently, also called empty-nest elderly, refers to elderly people living alone whose children left home. However few studies concerned about the subjective well-being (SWB) of the elderly living independently.
METHODS
This study employs The Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH) to explore the SWB of the elderly living independently in rural areas of Wenzhou, a relatively developed region in China. 536 sampled are randomly selected.
RESULTS
The results indicate that participants obtained low scores in positive affect, positive experience, and the total SWB score, but high scores in negative affect and negative experience. Age, low education, poor health condition and little income were found to be negatively correlated with SWB. The SWB score of the elderly living with a spouse is higher than those who divorced or lost their spouse and the score of women is lower than that of men. In addition, the survey revealed that children's support has a positive influence on the SWB of the rural elderly living independently.
CONCLUSIONS
The elderly living independently in rural Wenzhou, China have unfavorable SWB. Poor socio-economic statuses are negative impact factors. But the children's support can help to improve. Special attention is needed to those with lower socio-economic status and less children's support.
背景
许多中国老年人日益面临着“空巢”现象这一严重问题。独居老人是指独自生活的孩子离家的老年人。然而，很少有研究关注独居老年人的主观幸福感（SWB）。
方法
本研究采用纽芬兰纪念大学幸福量表（MUNSH）来探讨中国相对发达地区温州农村地区独居老年人的 SWB。随机抽取了 536 名样本。
结果
结果表明，参与者在积极情绪、积极体验和总体 SWB 得分方面得分较低，但在消极情绪和消极体验方面得分较高。年龄、受教育程度低、健康状况差和收入低与 SWB 呈负相关。与离异或丧偶的老年人相比，与配偶同住的老年人的 SWB 得分较高，而女性的得分低于男性。此外，调查显示，子女的支持对农村独居老年人的 SWB 有积极影响。
结论
中国温州农村地区的独居老年人 SWB 不利。较差的社会经济地位是负面的影响因素。但子女的支持有助于改善。需要特别关注社会经济地位较低和子女支持较少的人群。
Zotero 插件