摘要
文章利用2008年和2012年中国健康与养老追踪调查(CHARLS)数据,考察了社会参与对我国中老年人认知功能的影响。实证结果显示:(1)社会参与对我国中老年人认知功能有显著的促进作用。社会参与指数每增加10%,中老年人的认知功能将提升10.46%左右;(2)社会参与对不同群体认知功能的影响存在较大差异。从性别来看,社会参与对男性认知功能的影响显著为正,但对女性认知功能没有显著影响;从城乡来看,社会参与对农村老年人认知功能的影响显著高于城市老年人;从年龄来看,社会参与对中高龄老年人认知功能的保护作用更强;(3)进一步的分析表明,不同类型的社会参与对不同群体老年人认知功能的影响存在显著差异。在应对人口老龄化的进程中,政府可以通过鼓励社会参与来提高中老年人认知功能,实现积极老龄化。同时,应根据老年人的不同特征,制订更为细化、差异化的干预策略。
This paper uses the data from the 2008 and 2012 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey（ CHARLS） to examine the effect of social participation on the cognitive functioning of the middle-aged and elderly people in China. The empirical results show that：（ 1） Social participation has a significant,positive effect on the cognitive functioning of the elderly people. For every increase of 10% in social participation index,the cognitive functioning of middle-aged and elderly will increase by 10. 46%;（ 2） The influence of social participation on the cognitive functioning of different age groups presents large differences. As per the perspective of gender,social participation was found to have larger effect on males than on females,on rural elderly people than on urban ones,and on those above 65 than on those under this age.（ 3） Further analysis indicated that different types of social participation presented different impacts on cognitive functioning of different subgroups. In responding to the population＇s rapid ageing,the government can improve the cognitive functioning by encouraging social participation of both middle-aged and elderly people in order to achieve healthy/active ageing. Simultaneously,much attention should be paid to the effects of different types of social participation,and stipulating a detailed,differentiated intervention strategy should serve as the key to mainly targeted spot.
作者
薛新东
XUE Xin-dong(School of Public Administration ＆ Zhongnan University of Economics and Law ＆ Wuhan Hubei 430073,Chin)
出处
《中国卫生政策研究》
CSCD
北大核心
2018年第5期1-9,共9页
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
基金
国家社会科学基金项目(14BRK013)
关键词
社会参与
认知功能
工具变量法
积极老龄化
Social participation
Cognitive functioning
Instrumental variable
Active ageing
