中国人生活满意度的年龄-时期-队列效应分析

Age-Period-Cohort Effects on Life Satisfaction in China

利用世界价值观研究自1990年-2012年在中国的五期调查数据,采用分层APC随机效应模型(Hierarchical APC-Cross-Classified Random Effects Models,HAPC-CCREM),探索年龄、时期和队列三个维度对生活满意度的净效应。生活满意度在年龄维度上呈U型曲线变化,中年人的生活满意度要低于青少年和老年人;对于时期维度,人们对生活的态度从1990年到2001年不断递减,自2001年至2012年则有略微提升;而在队列维度上,各队列组之间的生活满意度几乎一样,不存在显著的差异。

This paper aims to separate three effects on life satisfaction, age, period and cohort. Based on the World Value Survey in China from 1990 to 2012,we use the Hierarchal APC - Cross - Classified Random Effects Models to investigate these effects. The finding suggests that there is a curvilinear relationship between age and life satisfaction. The degrees of life satisfaction of mid - aged are lower than the one of adolescents and of elders. As for the period dimension, people＇ s attitudes toward life decrease from 1990 to 2001, but slightly increase from 2001 to 2012. In the cohort dimension, the life satisfactions in different cohorts are basically same. There is no significant difference among these groups.