Moon Joonho, Lee Won Seok, Shim Jimin
Department of Tourism Administration, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.
Department of Tourism and Recreation, Kyonggi University, Seoul 03746, Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Jun 29;12(7):219. doi: 10.3390/bs12070219.
The goal of this research is to investigate the determinants of subjective health and quality of life with a particular focus on middle- and old-aged citizens. Subjective health is an antecedent of quality of life. For both attributes, travel frequency, economic activity, and cultural activity frequency are the main explanatory variables. Korean middle- and old-aged citizen research panel data was used to derive the data; the study periods are 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016. The present work used an econometric method to analyze this panel data. The results show that subjective health positively affects quality of life; meanwhile, economic activity positively affects both subjective health and quality of life. It is also found that cultural activity and travel exert inverted U-shape impacts on subjective health and quality of life. The control variables in this research were gender, body mass index, birth year, and personal assets. These results could help guide policy makers in designing more efficient welfare policies for middle- and old-aged citizens.
本研究的目标是调查主观健康和生活质量的决定因素，特别关注中老年公民。主观健康是生活质量的一个前提条件。对于这两个属性而言，出行频率、经济活动和文化活动频率是主要的解释变量。本研究使用韩国中老年公民研究面板数据来获取数据；研究期间为2008年、2010年、2012年、2014年和2016年。本研究采用计量经济学方法来分析该面板数据。结果表明，主观健康对生活质量有积极影响；同时，经济活动对主观健康和生活质量均有积极影响。研究还发现，文化活动和出行对主观健康和生活质量产生倒U形影响。本研究中的控制变量为性别、体重指数、出生年份和个人资产。这些结果有助于指导政策制定者为中老年公民设计更有效的福利政策。
