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How Does Digital Inclusion Shape Aging Attitudes:An Empirical Study Based on CLASS2023

Author(s)

Jinyi Jia

Affiliation(s)

School of Political Science and Law, University of Jinan, Shandong, China

Abstract

In the era of population aging and digitization, whether and how digital integration can affect the aging attitude of the elderly is an important issue in the study of active aging. This study uses CLASS2023 data to systematically examine the impact of digital inclusion on the attitudes of the elderly towards aging. The study found that : First, digital integration has a significant positive impact on the aging attitude of the elderly. Both digital access and digital skills play an active role, and the marginal effect of digital access is greater. Second, community participation plays a partial mediating role between digital integration and aging attitudes ; third, the impact of digital integration has significant group heterogeneity, which has a significant effect on women, non-agricultural household registration and middle-aged and elderly people, but not on men, agricultural household registration and elderly people. The above findings reveal the structural inequality in the distribution of digital dividends and provide an empirical basis for formulating precise digital inclusion policies for the elderly.

Keywords

Digital Integration; Aging Attitude ; Community Participation

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