The Influence of Household and Community Environments on the Mental Health of the Chinese Elderly——Using the Framework of an Age-Friendly Society
Employing the framework of an age-friendly society,this paper examines the impacts of household and community environments on the elderly's mental health by fitting hierarchical linear models with data from the 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey.It also tests the moderating effects of community environments and the heterogeneity related with age groups.The results show that household environments have significant impacts on the elderly's mental health,and community facilities also contributes significantly to the mental health of the elderly aged below 80.In addition,community environments also play a role in moderating the relationship between household environment and elderly's mental health.The environmental factors at community level show heterogeneous effects on the elderly's mental health across various age groups.The community facilities show more protective effects on the mental health of the medium-aged elderly in poor household environments,while the community services have greater beneficial effects for the oldest olds who live in poor household environments.Therefore,to promote an age-friendly society construction,it is vital to improve the household and community environments,and enhance the coverage,quality and effectiveness of community facilities and services for the elderly.In addition,it is also necessary to combine the household environments and community environments efficiently as to maximize their beneficial effects on the mental health of the elderly.
Mental HealthElderlyHousehold EnvironmentCommunity EnvironmentAn Age-Friendly Society
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