A Research On The Difference Of Health Of Elderly Between Urban And Rural And Its Influencing Factors

Health and longevity is the basic desire of every elderly person,and it should always be placed in a prominent position.Under the structure system of urban and rural,the economic development and resource allocation between urban and rural are extremely unbalanced,and the imbalance of health between urban and rural elderly is obvious.In the context of patching the short board,it is imperative to narrow the health gap between urban and rural and improve the overall health of the elderly.This study uses the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey data to analyze the differences of the health level of elderly in physical,mental and social adaptation,and using multiple linear regression to analyze the factors.The result shows that,firstly,the physical health of urban elderly is better than that of rural elderly.Gender,marital status,income level,whether to enjoy social endowment insurance for urban and rural and the children care have great influence on it.The physical health of women elderly in rural and low-income elderly are worth of being concerned.Secondly,under the same condition,the mental health of the rural elderly is better than that of the urban elderly.The differences,on which the age,social endowment insurance,children's care and chronic diseases have influence in mental health of the elderly between urban and rural,are obvious.And the chronic diseases has the greatest influence on it.Thirdly,the social participation willingness of the elderly is not high,which make the social adaptation is not optimistic,and the social adaptation of the elderly in rural areas is slightly better than that of the elderly in urban areas.Gender,age,income level and social endowment insurance have obvious differences on social adaptation between urban and rural elderly.Income level has the greatest influence on it.The social adaptation of the rich older people is better than that of the poor older people.In the end,we put forward a series of suggestions.For example,we should pay attention to the health of rural women elderly,improve the income of urban and rural elderly,increase the standard of social aged insurance,attach great importance on the physical and mental heath of the rural elderly who have diseases,and make the community care in combination with family support and so on.