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An Empirical Analysis of Factors Influencing Active Aging in the Context of the “Internet Plus”

Author(s)

Lina Zhang1, Yan Zhang 1, Yining Zhou2

Affiliation(s)

1Southeast University Chengxian College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210088, China 2Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, 999078, China

Abstract

Aged population in China is rapidly increasing. Based on the reality of China and the characteristics of internet activities, this research explored the realistic needs and effect mechanisms of active aging under the background of “Internet Plus”. A model was developed according to CHARLS and CLASS data structures to evaluate the roles of health, participation, intelligent old-age security, lifelong learning and other factors in promoting active aging in network environment. Research results indicated that the three main dimensions of health, intelligent pension security and lifelong learning had positive impacts on the active aging of the internet. Among health factors, internet has a significant effect on the mental health of the elderly and improving the assessment of active aging and obtaining health information are the most important subfactors which are the most popular ways for elderly people to use health functions. Intelligent elderly care security, life care, emergency calls, medical care, and safety testing all were found to have significant positive impacts on active aging. Factors of lifelong learning and online text reading also had positive impact on active aging. Then, ward strategic suggestions on the realization path of active aging were put forward from the perspectives of promoting intelligent equipment for the elderly, strengthening the supervision of internet information, accelerating the construction of an intelligent pension system and enriching the learning resources of network information for the elderly.

Keywords

Active Aging; “Internet Plus”; Wisdom Pension; Intelligent Elderly Care Security; Lifelong Learning

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