摘要
互联网发展为人们生活带来极大的便利,但其红利并未遍及我国老年群体,年龄层面的数字鸿沟日益凸显,加快老年人数字融入有非常重要的现实意义。本文基于中国综合社会调查(CGSS)2021年数据,采用Probit模型分析互联网使用对老年人社会交往的影响,并对不同老年群体使用互联网的效应进行异质性分析以及具体作用机理的探讨。研究发现,互联网使用对我国老年人的社会交往具有显著的正向影响;控制变量中老年人年龄、性别、户籍、政治面貌等均对其社会交往产生显著影响。其中,女性老年人上网对其社交活动的积极作用要明显大于年长男性;居住在城镇地区的老年人使用互联网对其社会交往所产生的激励效应要显著高于居住在农村地区的老年人。此外,与朋友频繁聚会会强化互联网使用对老年人社会交往的正向影响。基于上述研究,对帮助老年人融入数字化时代进行了讨论,建议通过加强网络环境安全,关注老年人需求,提升老年人数字信息素养,提高互联网使用在老年人群中的普及度等方面共同为老年人保驾护航,让互联网技术助力老年人生活福祉的提高。
The development of the Internet has brought great convenience to people’s lives,but its dividends have not spread to the elderly in China.The digital gap at the age level is increasingly prominent.It is of great practical significance to accelerate the digital integration of the elderly.Based on the data of China Comprehensive Social Survey(CGSS)in 2021,this paper uses the Probit model to analyze the impact of Internet use on the social interaction of the elderly,and analyzes the heterogeneity of the effects of Internet use by different elderly groups and discusses the specific mechanism.The study found that Internet use has a significant positive impact on the social interaction of the elderly in China;the control variables,such as age,gender,registered residence,and political outlook of the middle-aged and elderly,have a significant impact on their social interaction.The positive effect of internet use on social activities among elderly women is significantly greater than that of older men;the incentive effect of Internet use on social interaction of the elderly living in urban areas is significantly higher than that of the elderly living in rural areas.In addition,frequent gatherings with friends will strengthen the positive impact of Internet use on social interaction of the elderly.Based on the above research findings,we discussed how to help the elderly integrate into the digital era.It is suggested that we should jointly protect the elderly by strengthening the security of the network environment,paying attention to the needs of the elderly,improving their digital information literacy,and improving the popularity of Internet use among the elderly,so that Internet technology can help improve their living well-being.
作者
张瑞雪
李红艳
Ruixue Zhang;Hongyan Li(School of Management,Shanghai University of Engineering Science,Shanghai)
出处
《运筹与模糊学》
2024年第2期1058-1067,共10页
Operations Research and Fuzziology
关键词
老年人
互联网使用
社会交往
Elderly People
Internet Use
Social Communication
