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《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]

卷:

期数:

2025年04期

页码:

40-53

栏目:

社会学

出版日期:

2025-08-30

文章信息/Info

Title:

Impact of internet use on subjective age and views on aging among middle-aged and older adults

文章编号:

1671-6248(2025)04-0040-14

作者:

赵梦晗¹; 张梓萌²

(1. 中国人民大学 人口与发展研究中心,北京 100872; 2. 中国人民大学 人口与健康学院,北京 100872)

Author(s):

ZHAO Menghan¹;  ZHANG Zimeng²

(1. Population Development Studies Center, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China; 2. School of Population and Health, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China)

关键词:

人口老龄化;  互联网使用;  处理效应模型;  主观年龄;  老化态度

Keywords:

population aging;  internet use;  treatment effect model;  subjective age;  views on aging

分类号:

C913.6

DOI:

-

文献标志码:

A

摘要:

为了分析互联网使用对中国中老年人主观年龄和老化态度的影响及其异质性,利用2023年“中国老年群体数字鸿沟与数字融入调查”数据,借助处理效应模型估计互联网使用对中老年人主观感知年龄、主观外表年龄、积极老化态度和消极老化态度的影响及群体差异,采用普通最小二乘法分析互联网使用时长对中老年人主观年龄和老化态度的影响,并区分不同互联网功能的影响。研究发现,使用互联网会对中老年人的主观年龄和老化态度产生积极影响; 分群体来看,互联网使用对健康中老年人的主观年龄无显著影响,而会使不健康中老年人主观年龄更加年轻,互联网使用时间越长,中老年人主观年龄越年轻,老化态度越积极; 分功能来看,使用互联网沟通和娱乐的时间与主观年龄和老化态度正相关,而互联网学习功能仅会影响中老年人的积极老化态度。研究表明,使用互联网使中老年人对于年龄的自我认知年轻化,能够以更积极的心态看待衰老; 需要加快构建老年友好的数字包容环境,以积极应对人口老龄化现象。

Abstract:

To analyze the impact of internet use on subjective age and views on aging among middle-aged and older adults in China and its heterogeneity, using data from the 2023 “Survey on the Digital Divide and Digital Inclusion among Older Adults in China”, this paper employs treatment effect models to estimate how internet use impacts subjective felt age, subjective look age, positive views on aging, and negative views on aging among middle-aged and older adults, along with group-level differences. Additionally, ordinary least squares(OLS)regression is used to analyze the impact of internet use duration on subjective age and views on aging among middle-aged and older adults, distinguishing the effects of different internet functions. The findings show that internet use has a positive influence on both subjective age and views on aging among middle-aged and older adults. Group-level analysis indicates that while internet use does not significantly affect the subjective age of healthy individuals, it makes those with health issues perceive themselves as younger. The longer the duration of internet use, the younger individuals perceive themselves to be, and the more positive their attitudes toward aging. Function-specific analysis reveals that time spent using the internet for communication and entertainment correlates positively with subjective age and views on aging, whereas internet use for learning only impacts positive views on aging among middle-aged and older adults. The study concludes that internet use promotes a younger self-perception of age among middle-aged and older adults and encourages a more positive perspective on aging. It highlights the need to accelerate the development of an age-friendly digital inclusion environment to proactively respond to population aging.

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备注/Memo:

收稿日期:2024-12-20
基金项目:教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地重大项目(22JJD840008)
作者简介:赵梦晗(1989-),女,浙江湖州人,副教授,博士研究生导师,人口学博士。

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