互联网使用对中国老年人生活满意度影响探究——基于CLASS 2018的数据检验

The Impact of Internet Use on the Life Satisfaction of the Elderly in China:Based on CLASS 2018 Data

互联网发展为人们生活带来极大的便利,但其红利并未遍及我国中老年群体,年龄层面的数字鸿沟日益凸显,加快老年人数字融入有其现实意义。为探究互联网使用对我国老年人生活满意度的影响,基于中国老年社会追踪调查(CLASS)2018年数据,采用二元Logistic回归建立实证模型,应用倾向得分匹配对互联网使用产生的生活满意效应进行验证,并对不同老年群体使用互联网的效应进行异质性分析。研究发现,互联网使用对我国老年人的生活满意度具有显著的正向影响;受教育程度为高中及以上的老年人使用互联网会对其生活满意度产生显著的正向影响,居住在农村地区的老年人使用互联网对生活满意度所产生的激励效应要显著高于居住在城市地区的老年人。基于上述研究发现,对帮助老年人融入数字化时代进行了政策性讨论,建议从家庭、企业、社会三方面共同为老年人保驾护航,让互联网技术助力老年人生活福祉的提高。

The development of the Internet has brought great convenience to people’s lives,but its impact has not spread to the elderly in China.The digital divide at age level has become increasingly prominent,so it is of practical significance to accelerate the process of digital integration of the elderly.To study the impact of Internet use on the life satisfaction of the elderly in China,this paper establishes a binary logistic regression model,based on the data of Chi⁃na Longitudinal Aging Social Survey(CLASS)in 2018.This paper uses propensity score matching to verify the effect of Internet use on life satisfaction,excluding the influence of confounding variables.This paper also analyzes the hetero⁃geneity of the impact on the elderly with different education levels and living areas.The empirical results show that In⁃ternet use has a significant positive impact on the life satisfaction of the elderly in China.The impact of Internet use on life satisfaction of the elderly in rural areas is higher than that of the elderly in urban areas.Combining the research findings,this paper also discusses about policy suggestions that help the elderly adapt to the digital age,advising fami⁃ly,enterprises and the society to make joint effort to help Internet boost the well-being of the elderly in China.