戶基護航網絡影響台灣老年人生活滿意度之中介作用

The Intermediate Effect of Household-based Convoy on the Life Satisfaction of the Elderly in Taiwan

本研究之主要目的是探討非正式社會支持系統如何影響台灣老年人生活滿意度。經採用戶基護航網絡來作為非正式社會支持系統之指標。它是一個含有四圈的網絡，包括家庭結構、不同住家屬、親屬及朋友。本研究實證分析該網絡之各圈及其完整性對老人生活品質之影響。資料來自國健局資料庫中第一波台灣地區中老年人身心社會生活狀況長期追蹤調查。多變項複迴歸分析中發現，除經濟、健康和活動參與透過戶基護航網絡都對老年人之生活滿意度有顯著的影響力。另外，戶基護航網絡之第二圈與第四圈及網絡之完整性對老年人之生活滿意度也具有顯著直接效果。顯示不同住家屬及朋友對老人生活滿意具顯著直接影響力。而戶基護航網絡之圈數也對老人生活滿意具顯著直接效果。

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of informal social-support systems on the life satisfaction of elderly people in Taiwan. The household-based convoy, which is composed of four circles including household type, non-coresiding family members, relatives, and friends, is used as a proxy for informal social-support systems to establish whether the four circles of the household-based convoy and its completeness have an intermediate effect on elderly life satisfaction. Data from the first round survey of a 1989 panel study entitled “Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan”, which was conducted by the predecessor of the Bureau of Health Promotion. Multiple regression analyses showed that income, health status, and leisure activities all have a Significant direct effect on life satisfaction via household-based convoy. In addition, the second and fourth circle and the completeness of the household-based convoy also have a significant direct effect on life satisfaction. The above results imply that non-coresiding family members and friends have a significant effect on life satisfaction. Meanwhile, number of circle of one’s household-based convoy also has a significant direct effect on life satisfaction.