School of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
School of Marxism, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
PLoS One. 2022 Oct 6;17(10):e0273525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273525. eCollection 2022.
Studies have shown that political participation does not only affect the flow of public resources but also creates positive feedback on participants' subjective perceptions. However, research on the relationship between political participation and the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents is relatively scarce. Thus, this study investigates whether political participation helps improve the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents. Based on 2577 samples of the 2015 Chinese Social Survey this study used the Ordinary least squares model, instrumental variable model, and propensity score matching model to explore the relationship between political participation and the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents. The empirical results show that political participation can significantly improve the life satisfaction of urban residents. Compared with urban residents without political participation, the life satisfaction of the political participants was 0.145 units higher at a 0.05 level of significance. In addition, this improved effect varied in degree among different groups of urban residents and was more significant for females, members of the Communist Party of China, highly educated, and employed urban residents. In China, there is a significant relationship between political participation and the life satisfaction of urban residents, with the life satisfaction of urban residents improving significantly through political participation. There are differences in the level of this improved effect among different urban residents, and it is more significant for females, highly educated, members of the Communist Party, and employed urban residents. To improve the life satisfaction of Chinese urban residents, it is necessary to further broaden their political participation channels.
研究表明，政治参与不仅影响公共资源的流动，而且对参与者的主观感受产生积极反馈。然而，关于政治参与与中国城市居民生活满意度之间关系的研究相对较少。因此，本研究探讨了政治参与是否有助于提高中国城市居民的生活满意度。基于 2015 年中国社会状况综合调查的 2577 个样本，本文使用普通最小二乘法模型、工具变量模型和倾向得分匹配模型，探讨了政治参与与中国城市居民生活满意度之间的关系。实证结果表明，政治参与可以显著提高城市居民的生活满意度。与没有政治参与的城市居民相比，政治参与者的生活满意度在 0.05 的显著性水平上高出 0.145 个单位。此外，这种改善效果在不同群体的城市居民中程度不同，对女性、中共党员、高学历和就业城市居民的影响更为显著。在中国，政治参与与城市居民的生活满意度之间存在显著关系，通过政治参与可以显著提高城市居民的生活满意度。不同城市居民的这种改善效果存在差异，对女性、高学历、中共党员和就业城市居民的影响更为显著。为了提高中国城市居民的生活满意度，有必要进一步拓宽他们的政治参与渠道。
