使用互联网有助于提高农村老人幸福感吗?--基于CFPS追踪调查数据的分析

Does internet use help to improve the subjective well⁃being of the rural elderly--Analysis based on CFPS tracking survey data

文章对2016年、2018年和2020年中国家庭追踪调查(Chinese family panel studies,CFPS)三轮调查数据进行分析,探究使用互联网对农村老人幸福感的影响机制。研究表明,使用互联网能显著提高农村老人主观幸福感评分。具体而言,使用互联网显著提高农村老人身体健康自评分数和获取的代际支持,进而提升幸福感水平。然而,能充分享受到互联网这一技术红利的农村老人群体数量并不多,亟待在推进数字乡村建设、解决信息贫困难题、重塑互联网文化环境等方面加大力度。

This study explored the impact mechanism of internet use on the subjective well-being of the rural elderly based on data analysis of three rounds of CFPS longitudinal surveys in 2016,2018,and 2020.Studies have shown that using the Internet significantly improves the subjective well-being score of the rural elderly.Specifically,internet use notably increased their self-rated physical health and obtained intergenerational support,thereby increasing the overall level of subjective well-being.However,the number of the rural elderly who can fully enjoy this technological dividend is not significant.Therefore,it is urgent to strengthen efforts to promote digital rural construction,solve the problem of information poverty,and reshape the Internet cultural environment.