我国老年人的文化活动及其结构——基于《2008年居民日常生活时间利用调查》的考察

On CulturalActivities of the Elderly in China —— 2008 Survey on Time Use in Residents' Daily Life

随着经济发展水平和社会保障水平的不断提高,文化需求将超越物质需求成为我国老年人群体的主要需求。利用国家统计局《2008年居民日常生活时间利用调查》的数据,考察分析了我国老年人群体的文化活动及其结构。从我国老年人的日常生活时间分配的角度来看,文化活动已经成为我国老年人日常生活中的主要活动。但是,我国老年人的文化活动还存在着严重的结构失衡现象,我国老年人文化活动的结构与水平,受到所在地区经济发展水平、老年人的收入水平和受教育程度的不同影响。必须大力发展教育,提升整个人口群体的文化需求水平和需求层次。

With the development of the economy and social security, cultural needs will become the primary demand of the elderly in China. Based on the data from National Bureau of Statistics of China,this paper explores the cultural activities of the elderly and their structure. From the perspective of time distribution in the daily life, cultural activity has become the main activity of the elderly. However, there are serious structural imbalances in their cultural activities. The structure and level of cultural activities are affected by regional economic development level, income and educational level of the elderly.Therefore,education should bedeveloped toimprove thelevel and layersof cultural needs.