Does Using the Internet Make Older People Physically and Mentally Healthy?

Empirical Research from (CGSS2015) Data

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.265How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Internet use; elderly; mental health; physical health; active ageing

Abstract

With the transformation of economy and society, the age structure of our country’s population is showing drastic changes. The aging of the population and the development direction of the aging that follow are considered to be the important characteristics of my country’s demographic transition. The health and elderly care issues of the elderly have become a major issue of concern to our society and related to the overall situation of national development. This article uses microdata from the 2015 China General Social Survey (CGSS), selects an ordered logistic model to analyze the data, and explores the impact of the use of the Internet on the mental health of older people to analyze whether different Internet use has affected the physical and mental health of the elderly. The results are tested for robustness using propensity score matching (PSM). Studies show that the elderly using the Internet are 18.8% and 33% more physically and mentally healthy than those not using the Internet.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Peiyuan Li
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - Does Using the Internet Make Older People Physically and Mentally Healthy?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1588
EP  - 1591
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.265
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.265
ID  - Li2022
ER  -