中国老年人的自愿参与和生活满意度:倾向性评分分析
Yuanyuan Wu1, Chang Yu2, Kristen Schultz Lee2
1School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
概括
自愿参与提高了老年人的生活满意度,特别有利于弱势群体. 促进志愿者计划的政策可以解决中国人口老龄化所带来的挑战.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 衰老的社会学 衰老的社会学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 生产性衰老理论认为,自愿参与可以提高老年人的幸福感.
- 志愿服务和生活满意度之间的关系可能受到健康,社会角色和社会经济地位 (SES) 等混因素的影响.
- 在中国背景下理解这种关联对于制定有效的老龄化政策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 估计中国老年人自愿参与与生活满意度之间的净关联.
- 为了解决潜在的选择效应和混变量.
- 在不同社会人口群体中探索生活满意度利益的异质性.
主要方法:
- 来自2020年中国纵向老龄化社会调查 (CLASS,N=11,182) 的全国代表性横截面数据的分析.
- 在志愿者和非志愿者之间的混因子中,应用倾向性得分匹配对照.
- 基于SES,健康状况和社会角色进行分层分组分析,以评估异质性.
主要成果:
- 自愿参与与生活满意度有显著的正相关性.
- 在倾向得分匹配后,这种关联仍然很强大,这表明了净积极效应.
- 处于不利地位的老年人 (例如,女性,受教育程度较低,农村户口,功能限制) 从志愿服务中获得了更大的福利.
结论:
- 推广志愿者项目是支持中国老龄化人口的可行策略.
- 有针对性的志愿者倡议应优先考虑社会经济弱势的老年人,以最大限度地提高福祉.
- 有证据支持政策干预措施,鼓励和促进弱势老年人群的自愿参与.
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