中国科学院心理研究所机构知识库

Objective： To investigate life satisfaction of Chinese elderly and its related factors. Methods： Life satisfaction was studied in a large sample of 16, 020 respondents aged 65 to 120 from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey in 2002, and the influential factors of life satisfaction were analyzed by Logistic regression. Results： 55. 3% elderly expressed satisfaction with their life. As compared with the elderly belonging to young-old （ aged 65 to 79） , education degree below primary school, residence in rural areas, poor economic status, bad health, could not get medical treatment, living alone, and could not get help in times of difficult, life satisfaction was higher for the oldestold （OR=1. 12 for aged 80 to 89, 95%CI 1.02～2. 24; OR=1.42 for aged 90 to 99, 95% CI 1.28 ～ 1.58; OR = 1.61 for above 100 years of age, 95% CI 1.44 ～ 1.81 ） , education degree above middle school （ OR = 1.20, 95% CI 1.05 ～ 1.38）, residence in city （ OR = 1.18, 95% CI 1.09 - 1.28 ）, rich economic status （ OR = 11.49, 95% CI 10. 01 ～ 13.90）, good health （ OR =5.22, 95% CI 4. 67 -5.83 ）, could get medical treatment （ OR = 1.96, 95% CI 1.71 ～2. 24） , living with household member （ OR = 1.70, 95% CI 1.52 - 1.90） , living in elderly room （ OR = 2. 99, 95% CI 2.40 ～ 3.72 ） , and could get help in times of difficult （ OR = 1.65, 95% CI 1.29 - 2. 11 ） . Conclusion： Over half of elderly expressess satisfaction with their life. Life satisfaction of Chinese elderly may be influenced by demographic variables, quality of live, living arrangement, and social supports.