| Life happiness is an important part of social security.In recent years,with the booming development of smart phones and information technology,the influence of the Internet has already penetrated into every aspect of people’s life,and the influence of the Use of the Internet on the life happiness of middle-aged and elderly people can not be ignored.In today’s increasingly serious aging of China,the life happiness of the middle-aged and the elderly is worth paying attention to,and the impact of the use of the Internet on their life happiness is worth exploring.This paper adopts the data of China Health and elderly care follow-up survey(Charls)in 2018,at the same time,this paper innovatively included the middle-aged and elderly people aged 45-60 in this study,with the middle-aged and elderly people over 45 as the main body of this study.Based on the descriptive statistics and regression analysis of the Internet use and life well-being of the middle-aged and elderly in China by using the methods of contingency analysis and principal component regression,this paper also studies the potential mediating effect between the Internet use and the life well-being of the middle-aged and elderly in China by constructing a structural equation model.The results of contingency analysis show that there are significant differences in the proportion of Internet use and life satisfaction among the middle-aged and elderly under different personal conditions,family life and health conditions.According to the contingency analysis results between Internet use and life satisfaction of the middle-aged and elderly,the more frequently they use the Internet,the more diverse tools they use and the more widely they use,the higher their satisfaction with life,which also shows that the use of the Internet plays a certain role in improving the life happiness of the middle-aged and elderly.The results of principal component regression show that the degree of Internet use,family situation and physical condition of middle-aged and elderly people all have an impact on their happiness of life,and the higher the degree of Internet use,better family situation and better health of middle-aged and elderly people,the more beneficial to improve their happiness of life.The results of structural equation construction show that the family situation of middle-aged and elderly people will have a positive impact on their physical condition directly or indirectly through the influence of their Internet use,and then improve their happiness of life.Based on the latest released Charls data in 2018,this paper expands the scope of previous research objects from the middle-aged and elderly population over 60 to the middle-aged and elderly population over 45.At the same time,it innovatively adds the method of structural equation model to explore the potential mediating effect between Internet use and middle-aged and elderly people’s life well-being.In terms of the impact of Internet use on middle-aged and elderly people’s life well-being,Innovative achievements have been made. |
