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RESEARCH ON AGING
卷 40, 期 9, 页码 883-905出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0164027518757760
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life satisfaction; age-friendly community; socioeconomic status; older adults; China
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This study aims to examine the extent to which older adults' perceptions of environmental age-friendliness are associated with their life satisfaction. We used a national representative sample (N = 9,965) with elders aged 60 and above from urban China and structural equation modeling to analyze the relationship among community characteristics, socioeconomic status (SES), and life satisfaction. Results showed that older people's perceptions of housing conditions, local amenities, and social inclusion were significantly associated with general life satisfaction. Multigroup comparison tests indicated that no disparities in the aforementioned relationships among SES subgroups. However, the socioeconomically disadvantaged elderly population was shown to have the lowest assessment of community age-friendliness. Findings emphasized the potential role of age-friendly communities as having an influential force on older adults' subjective well-being, regardless of their SES. Meanwhile, policy makers and practitioners should pay special attentions to improve the living environments of disadvantaged elders.
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