The Utilization Status Of The Aging Assistance Products And The Influence Factors

With the deepening of the population aging in China,the society and government focus on how to make sure everyone could spend old-age well.The aging industry becomes a new investment hot land.The promotion of the utilization of the aging assistance product,can conducive to improving the self-care ability of the elderly,raising the service level of aging facilities,include day care center and nursing home and so on;in the meanwhile,the development of aging assistance product manufacturing is contribute to transfer the excess capacity,and to promote employment and economic development.This paper is based on the welfare pluralism and the consumer decision process theory,make the questionnaire survey of urban and rural elderly people in Shijiazhuang City,Pu'er City and Xi'ning City,and analyzes the utilization status of the aging assistance products in the six dimensions of the elderly,including the individual characteristics,economic status,health status,social security,family support and market supply Influencing factors.And put forward recommendations to promote the development of the aging assistance product manufacturing.The study shows that:(1)the utilization status of the aging assistance products is low,only 30.58%of the elderly have consumption of the aging assistance products;(2)chi-square test results show that that there are significant differences in the utilization of the aging assistance products,such as household registration type,educational level,personality characteristics,personal monthly income,health status,and whether children provide life care,product supply and price perception;(3)logistic regression results show that the following factors make significant effects:personality characteristics,personal monthly income,whether has bank deposits,health status,health insurance,and whether children provide life care,market supply,price perception.In order to promote the development of the aging assistance product manufacturing,the government,the market,the family and the community should work together.The government needs to strengthen the market guidance and supervision,improve the social security system,build the information service system,introduce the encouragement policies to encourage the family to play the role of elderly-care.The market need to improve product research and development capabilities,improve product distribution channels,and ameliorate the pricing mechanism.