子女代际支持对老年人宗教信仰的影响

The Impact of Children's Intergenerational Support on the Religious Belief of the Elderly

采用2013年与2014年中国健康与养老追踪调查数据,建立联立方程组模型检验了子女代际支持对老年人宗教信仰的影响。研究结果表明:(1)子女代际支持是老年人宗教信仰的重要因素,增加子女经济支持和情感支持均能够降低老年人信仰宗教的概率;(2)子女代际支持对老年人宗教信仰的影响存在异质性,子女经济支持和情感支持更能降低面临高风险(农村、女性、不与子女同住、社会保障水平较低)的老年人信仰宗教的可能性;(3)子女代际支持,尤其是情感支持对老年人精神健康的促进作用是其对老年人宗教信仰产生负向影响的重要途径。以上结论显示了子女代际支持对老年人面临风险的化解作用,同时也为近年来中国信教老年人群体扩大的原因提供了另一种理解。

Based on the data of China Health and Retirement 2013 and 2014, this paper establishes a Simultaneous Equati Longitudinal Survey （CHARLS） in ons Model and discusses the rela- tionship between the intergenerational support of the children and the religious beliefs of the elderly. The results show that ： （ 1 ） the intergenerational support of children is an important factor for the religious belief of the elderly：the increase of children＇ s economic support and emotional support can reduce the probability of believing in religion of the elderly. （2） The impact of children＇s intergenerational support on the religious beliefs of the elderly is heterogeneous： children＇ s economic support and emotional support play more important role on higher risk （ rural, female, not living with children, lower social security） elderly; （3） The impact of intergenerational support of children, especially emotional support on the mental health of the elderly is an important path for the elderly to less likely to have religious beliefs. The above conclusions not only show the risk resolve effect of the intergenerational support, but also provide another explanation for the expansion of the elderly religious groups.