中国人口的幸福预期寿命

Happy Life Expectancy in China

幸福是人类社会的普遍追求,是对生命质量的积极评价,因此测量生命质量不仅要考察客观的生活状态,也要关注主观幸福感受。客观维度的生命质量往往通过健康预期寿命得到反映,而主观维度的生命质量可以通过幸福预期寿命进行测量。国际上对健康预期寿命的研究已有几十年,但是幸福预期寿命的概念提出较晚、研究较少。在中国也有较多的健康预期寿命研究,但是还没有对幸福预期寿命的关注。文章利用中国社会综合调查(CGSS)数据对2005～2015年中国人口的幸福预期寿命进行估计,显示我国居民的幸福水平存在"幸福扩张"趋势。文章认为幸福预期寿命能够弥补只从健康预期寿命反映生命质量的局限性,它作为健康预期寿命的有效补充,共同反映人口的生命质量。

Happiness is a universal pursuit of human societies. Measuring quality of life needs to combine objective conditions and subjective perceptions. The objective dimension has been largely established by measuring healthy life expectancy, while the subjective dimension is virtually absent. This research assesses the subjective component through a measure of happy life expectancy.While a lot of research have been done in many countries on measurement and analysis of healthy life expectancy over the past several decades, studies on happy life expectancy are only recent and rare.We did not find any research on happy life expectancy in China. This paper uses the CGSS data and life table method to produce estimates of happy life expectancy in China over 2005-2015. The results suggest there is "compression of unhappiness" or "expansion of happiness" in China over the period under study. We hold that the combination of healthy life expectancy and happy life expectancy can have a fuller and more comprehensive reflection on people’s quality of life.