A Quantitative Analysis of Life Satisfaction and Happiness of the Elderly in China

Abstract

　This paper examines what influences life satisfaction and happiness of the elderly in China, from the perspective of the social attributes of the elderly and the filial piety of their children. It also studies the effects of the Chinese government’s support services for the elderly in terms of these life satisfaction and happiness levels. In addition, it tests the hypothesis that party cadres and civil servants feel more life satisfaction and happiness, while farmers feel less life satisfaction and happiness, to see who feel more life satisfaction and happiness in China. Moreover, it has already been shown that people in Bhutan feel a sense of happiness even if they are not economically affluent. China is entering an era of low economic growth, thus, the introduction of such policy indicators of happiness and their application to elderly welfare policies will contribute to the search for low-cost models of elderly support and to the improvement of the efficiency of elderly support services.