An Analysis of the Life Satisfaction of Rural “Left-Behind” Elderly People and the Influencing Factors
This paper is intended to study the life satisfaction of rural "left-behind"elderly people and the influencing factors based on the data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)of the year 2011 and by the Logistic Regression Model. With regard to sample distribution,83 percent of the people are satisfied with their lives,and 17 percent not.The results show most of rural"left behind"elderly people are content with their lives,and they have accepted and agreed that labor force in rural families can leave hometown to obtain occupation in other places;physical and mental health of these people has a great influence on their life satisfaction;life quality also exerts a remarkable influence on their life satisfaction;moreover,community support networks play a more and more important role in improving their life satisfaction.