农村留守老人的生活满意度及其影响因素分析

An Analysis of the Life Satisfaction of Rural “Left-Behind” Elderly People and the Influencing Factors

基于中国健康与养老追踪调查(CHARLS)2011年数据,利用Logistic回归模型,研究了农村留守老人的生活满意度及其影响因素。从样本分布来看,83%的农村留守老人对自己的生活感到满意,17%感到不满意。研究结果发现,大部分农村留守老人对自己的生活感到满意,农村留守老人已经接受和认同家庭劳动力外出务工就业;农村留守老人的身体健康和心理健康对其生活满意度的影响大;家庭生活水平对农村留守老人的生活满意度影响显著;社区支持网络对提升农村留守老人的生活满意度越来越重要。

This paper is intended to study the life satisfaction of rural ＂left-behind＂ elderly people and the influencing factors based on the data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study （CHARLS） of the year 2011 and by the Logistic Regression Model. With regard to sample distribution, 83 percent of the people are satisfied with their lives, and 17 percent not. The results show most of rural ＂left behind＂ elderly people are content with their lives, and they have accepted and agreed that labor force in rural families can leave hometown to obtain occupation in other places; physical and mental health of these people has a great influence on their life satisfactiom life quality also exerts a remarkable influence on their life satisfactiom moreover, community support networks play a more and more important role in improving their life satisfaction.