数字经济时代互联网使用、家庭代际支持与老年人幸福感——基于CHARLS数据的实证研究

Internet Use,Family Intergenerational Support,and Older Adults’Well-being in the Digital Economy——Empirical Study Based on CHARLS Data

数字经济时代互联网正在加速向老年群体渗透,潜移默化地影响老年人生活方式、行为认知和情感体验,并对其幸福感产生重要影响。基于此,使用中国健康与养老追踪调查(CHARLS)数据,对6081个老年人样本的幸福感水平进行刻画,检验互联网使用对老年人幸福感的影响及其机制路径。结果显示:(1)互联网使用显著正向促进老年人幸福感水平。(2)家庭代际支持在互联网使用对老年人幸福感影响中具有显著的中介效应,其中来自子女的情感慰藉及经济赡养能够提升老年人的幸福感,而日常照料因互联网使用而减少,并在一定程度上降低了老年人的幸福感。建议进一步推动互联网在老年群体的普及率,提升智慧养老助老水平,切实发挥互联网在家庭代际支持中的正向作用,持续提升老年人幸福感。

The Internet is accelerating its penetration into the elderly population in the digital economy era,subconsciously influencing the lifestyle,behavioral cognition and emotional experience of the elderly and having a significant impact on their sense of well-being.Based on this,using data from the China Health and Aging Tracking Survey(CHARLS),the happiness levels of a sample of 6,081 older adults were portrayed to test the impact of Internet use on older adults’happiness and its mechanism pathways.(1)Internet use significantly and positively contributes to the level of well-being of older adults.(2)Intergenerational family support has a significant mediating effect in the impact of Internet use on the well-being of the elderly,in which emotional comfort and financial support from children can enhance the well-being of the elderly,while daily care is reduced by Internet use and decreases the well-being of the elderly to a certain extent.It is recommended that the popularity of the Internet among the elderly be further promoted,that the level of intelligent elderly care and assistance for the elderly be raised,that the positive role of the Internet in intergenerational family support be effectively brought into play,and that the sense of well-being of the elderly be continuously enhanced.