经济状况对中国城乡老年人生活满意度影响的纵向研究

A Longitudinal Study on the Effect of Economic Status on the Life Satisfaction of the Chinese Elderly

以中国老年人健康长寿影响因素调查(CLHLS) 2002-2011年纵向数据为基础,分析了老年人群的生活满意度变化趋势;并运用固定效应模型,重点探讨经济状况对老年人生活满意度的动态影响。在2002-2011年的近10年间,绝大多数老年人的生活满意度介于"一般"和"比较满意"之间,老年人的生活满意度稳中有升。经济状况对于老年人生活满意度的影响,受制于老人本身的经济条件;对于经济条件较好的老年人,经济状况对于其生活满意度的边际影响更小。

Employing Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey （CLHLS）data from 2002 to 2011, this paper mainly discusses the dynamic impact of the economic conditions of the elderly on their life satisfaction with hierarchical linear fixed effect model. Based on the primary exploration on the dynamic trend of the elderly＇ s life satisfaction, this study finds that most of the elderly are＂ satisfied＂ or＂ relatively satisfied＇of their lives. The life satisfacti on of the Chinese elderly is stable and increased slightly in 2002-2011 period. The positive effect of economic status on the life satisfaction of the elderly is subjected to their own economic status. For the relatively affluent elderly, the is lower than that on their marginal impact of good economic condition on their life satisfaction poorer counterparts.