婚姻状况、居住方式对老年健康的影响研究人口学专业论文.docxVIP

II II Abstract Abstract According to “the Survey of Healthy Longevity for Chinese Oldest Old in 2000”, The thesis studies the effect of marital status and living arrangement upon the old people’s health. From the cross tab, it presents the current situation of old people’s marriage and residence, explains the dependence relationship between the factors of marriage, residence and the health of the elderly, also demonstrates the close connection between the marital status, living arrangement and the variables of self-rated health and life, ADL, etc. It draws a conclusion that good marriage and suitable residence can protect old peoples health. In addition, living with household members in old age is the main style in current China which is in accordance with our traditional culture. In living arrangements, it shows two effects: One is the selecting effect, the other is the promoting effect. Moreover, by using the Logic regression model to examine the dependence relationship between the status of marriage, residence and the old people’s health, the result appears strong significance. With the development of society economy, the guarantee system for providing the elderly fare the well gradually. The old people are decreasing financial support from their children but the care and comfort from family are not died down. The care and love of the family have aggressive influence on their healthy status. The thesis set forth the main existing social problems on bereft of spouse, remarriage obstacles and living alone in old age, especially for old woman under the situation. In order to promote healthy longevity, it put forward a few policy suggestions: At the marriage aspect, the whole society should pay attention to the elderly, creating better social environment for them and take social mechanism to partly substitute marriage function, improving the living quality of the elderly; In another aspect, the government should establish related measures to encourage elderly support