农村老年人的精神信仰现状探析

Analysis of the Spiritual Faiths of Elderly People in the Countryside

目的:调查东西部地区农村老年人的精神信仰现状。方法:分别在东西部地区选择两个具有代表性的村庄,采用老年人精神信仰问卷进行现场调查,分析农村老年人的精神信仰现状。结果:农村的男性老人比女性老人有更低的超自然信仰(t=-3.8161,P<0.001);经济较发达地区的农村老人在精神信仰的4个维度上都低于经济较落后地区的农村老人(t=-1.995,-7.620,-6.172,-7.976;P<0.05);务农的老人伦理信仰高于其他职业的农村老人(t=2.179,P<0.05);留守老人的超自然信仰和伦理信仰高于非留守老人(t=2.423,4.176,P<0.05)。结论:在农村,女性和经济条件较差老人以及留守老人的精神信仰问题非常值得重视。

Objective： To investigate the present situation of the spiritual faiths of elderly people in countryside; Methods： The elderly people spiritual faiths questionnaire was used to investigate present situation o1 the spiritual faiths of elderly people in villages selected from east and west China.Results： Male elderly people got lower scores on supernatural faith than female（t =-3.8161, P〈0.001） ;Elderly people from more developed area got lower scores on all the four dimensions of spiritual faiths than the ones from more undeveloped area（t =-1.995,-7.620,-6.172, -7.976 ;P〈0.05） ;Old farmers got higher scores on ethical faith than elderly people with other careers（t = 2.179,P 〈.05） ;Left-behind elderly people got higher scores on supernatural faith and ethnical faith than other elderly people（t = 2.423,4.176 ;P 〈0.05）.Conclusion： In countryside, the spiritual faiths of female, poor and left-- behind elderly people should be paid close attention to.