子女客观情况和价值认同对老年人代际交换行为影响的实证研究——基于CHARLS 2015年数据的分析

The Impact of Children’s Objective Conditions and Value Identification to the Intergenerational Exchange Behavior of Their Parents:An Empirical Analysis Based on Data from CHARLS(2015)

老年人代际交换有可能阻碍老龄产业的发展,厘清老年人代际交换行为的影响因素非常重要。基于CHARLS 2015年调查数据,在对因变量和自变量进行概念化操作的基础上,利用二元Logistic回归分析方法,对"老年人代际交换行为"与"子女客观情况""子女价值认同"的关系进行实证研究。研究发现:在子女客观情况这一影响因素方面,老年人为子女购房的意愿不受子女经济条件的影响,但与子女的数量有关;老年人照看孙子女的行为受子女经济条件的影响,但不受子女数量的影响;在子女价值认同这一影响因素方面,老年人为子女购房的意愿与其与子女联系的紧密程度成正比,与子女经济支持的关联度较小;老年人照看孙子女的行为与其与子女联系紧密程度的关联度较小,与子女经济支持的关联度较大。基于以上结论,提出如下对策建议:促进子女对老年人经济支持向服务支持的转换,加强对多子女家庭中老年人的保障力度,完善对随迁父母的非制度性保障。

Intergenerational exchange of the elderly may hinder the development of the old-age industry,and therefore it is very important to clarify the factors affecting the exchange behavior of them.Based on data from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS),and through conceptualization of dependent and independent variables,this paper used the binary logistic regression analysis method to study the relationship among intergenerational exchange behavior of the elderly,objective conditions and value identification of their children.Results show that,in terms of children’s objective conditions,the willingness of the elderly to purchase a house for their children is not affected by the economic conditions of the latter,but it has something to do with the number of children;the behavior of the elderly to look after their grandchildren is just the opposite.In terms of children’s value identification,the willingness of the elderly to buy a house for their children is directly proportional to the degree of closeness between them,and is less closely related to their children’s financial support to them;the behavior of the elderly to look after their grandchildren is the other way around.On the basis of those conclusions,following suggestions are proposed:encouraging children to enhance care service to their parents instead of financial support;strengthening assistance to older adults in multi-child families;and improving non-institutional protection for migrant elders living with their children.