老年人承担照料责任对生活满意度的影响:基于CLASS的多维考察

The impact of caregiving responsibilities on life satisfaction of older adults:A multi dimensional study based on the CLASS

本研究依托2018年中国老年社会追踪调查(China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey,CLASS)数据,在基准回归模型估计基础上,运用倾向值加权法,对多维照料类型(照料孙辈和照料父母)与照料强度(单一照料或双重照料)下的老年人生活满意度进行分析,并基于“自主性”的角度和“进化论”的框架为此作出理论解释。结果显示,为孙辈和父母提供照料的老年人接近三成,照料工作总体上表现出显著的生活满意度增进效应;其中,超过八成的人照料孙辈,这方面照料工作的正向作用明显更加突出,而照料父母则基本不显示积极的影响;同时照料孙辈与父母也未能实现老年生活满意度的改善。

The phenomenon of older adults as caregivers is prominently present in Chinese society.This study draws upon data from the 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey(CLASS)to examine the impacts of different caregiving types(being caregivers of grandchildren and those of aged parents)and intensities(providing care to one party or two parties)on the life satisfaction of older caregivers based on the estimation of the benchmark regression model.The propensity score weighting method is used to control potential selection bias.And the analysis is the-oretically explained from the perspective of“autonomy”and the framework of“evolutionary theory”.Results indicate that almost 30%of older adults bear responsibilities of caregiving to grandchildren and aged parents,and their life satisfaction shows a significant increase.Among them,more than 80%are caring for grandchildren,which significantly boosts their life satisfactions.However,providing care to aged parents shows no positive influence on life satisfaction and providing care to both grandchildren and aged parents at the same time has no positive effect either.