隔代照料减少了老年人的社区参与吗?——基于2014年中国老年社会追踪调查数据的分析

Does Intergenerational Care Reduce Community Participation of Older People? An Analysis Based on Data from CLASS(2014)

使用2014年中国老年社会追踪调查数据(CLASS 2014),考察了提供隔代照料对老年人社区参与的影响,并分析了背后的社会机制。两层次随机截距Logit模型分析表明:参与隔代照料的老年人,更可能积极参与社区活动;隔代照料的频率越高,参与社区活动的可能性越大;给定隔代照料的状态,女性老年人的社区参与程度比男性老年人要高。在合理的安排与统筹下,家庭育儿生活不但不会挤压老年人参与社会活动的时间,反而会提升他们的社会参与积极性。

Using data from the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey(CLASS),this paper explored the impact of intergencrational care on community participation of older adults,and analyzed the social mechanism behind it.The regression analysis of a two-level Logit model with random intercepts shows that older people providing care to their grandchildren are more likely to participate in community activities.The higher the frequency of care,the greater the possibility of their participation in community activities.Other things being equal,female elderly are more possible to participate.This paper thus hold that with reasonable arrangements and an overall planning,caring grandchildren will not squeeze older people’s time to participate in social activities;in contrast,it will only enhance their enthusiasm for social participation.