Serrat Rodrigo, Villar Feliciano, Celdrán Montserrat
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Eur J Ageing. 2015 Mar 27;12(3):239-247. doi: 10.1007/s10433-015-0341-4. eCollection 2015 Sep.
This study explores older people's membership in political organizations by using data from the Survey on older people 2010, carried out by Spain's National Institute for older people and social services. The objectives were to describe the extent of this kind of participation among Spaniards aged 65 and over, and to analyze the factors that are associated with it. Results show that only slightly less than 7 % of the sample belonged to a political organization. To analyze the factors related to this membership, a set of models of multivariate analyses were run, including socioeconomic resources and participation in other types of active aging activity (participation in leisure, learning, and productive activities). Educational level, leisure activities, learning activities, and only volunteering in the case of productive activities were found to be associated with membership in political organizations. Results provide partial support for the socioeconomic resources model and suggest that engagement in leisure activities, learning activities, and volunteering might have an enhancing effect on membership in political organizations.
本研究利用西班牙国家老年人与社会服务研究所开展的《2010年老年人调查》数据，探讨老年人在政治组织中的成员身份。目标是描述65岁及以上西班牙人中这类参与的程度，并分析与之相关的因素。结果显示，样本中仅有略低于7%的人属于政治组织。为分析与这种成员身份相关的因素，运行了一组多变量分析模型，包括社会经济资源以及参与其他类型的积极老龄化活动（参与休闲、学习和生产活动）。研究发现，教育水平、休闲活动、学习活动以及仅在生产活动方面的志愿服务与政治组织成员身份相关。研究结果为社会经济资源模型提供了部分支持，并表明参与休闲活动、学习活动和志愿服务可能会对政治组织成员身份产生促进作用。
