Inlfuencing Factors of Self-reported Disability among the Elderly

通过借助中国健康与养老追踪调查2011年数据中对老年人自报残疾的影响因素进行分析。结果显示，年龄越大、男性、受教育水平越低、农业户口、未工作、住房条件越差、有慢性病、社交活动频率越低的老年人自报残疾的可能性越高。相关残疾政策应给予这部分老年群体特别是高龄老人和患有慢性病的老人更多的关注，并采取实际措施予以扶持和帮助。以降低其残疾发生率。Objective Data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2011 was used in this paper to examine the influencing factors associated with self-reported disability among the elderly. Results from multivariate logistic regression models showed that increased age, male, less education, rural registered household, unemployment, poor housing condition, with chronic disease and less participation in social intercourse are emerged as influencing factors associated with higher self-reported disability prevalence among the elderly after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics. Therefore, the elderly have a higher prevalence of self-reported disability. Policies related to disability should pay more attention to these elderly people who are male, in lower social economic status and with less engagement in social intercourse, in order to reduce the prevalence of disability.0120-2