ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1577384
This article is part of the Research Topic Public Health Outcomes: The Role of Social Security Systems in Improving Residents' Health Welfare View all 18 articles
Family Support, Social Security, Commercial Insurance and Aging Anxiety Among Chinese Residents: A Study based on the 2021 CGSS data
Provisionally accepted
- 1 Yunnan University of Finance and Ecomics, Kunming, China
- 2 Qujing Medical College, Qujing, Yunnan Province, China
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This study utilizes data from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to examine aging anxiety among Chinese residents and the effects of family support, social security, and commercial insurance on this anxiety. The results indicate that the overall level of aging anxiety among respondents is moderately high, with scores for the three dimensions of aging anxietyhealth anxiety, psychological anxiety, and economic anxiety-being 3.65 ± 1.12, 3.28 ± 1.14, and 3.24 ± 1.21, respectively. The overall score for aging anxiety is 3.39 ± 0.96. Residents from rural areas, women, individuals with lower education levels, lower household income, poor health, and those not enrolled in basic pension insurance, commercial medical insurance, and commercial pension insurance reported the highest levels of aging anxiety. While aging anxiety differences across age groups were nearly significant, no significant differences were found with respect to work status, marital status, number of children, or enrollment in basic medical insurance (P< 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis, controlling for socio-demographic variables such as region, gender, education, and health status, reveals that family income and participation in basic pension insurance significantly affect aging anxiety in China, whereas commercial medical insurance and commercial pension insurance have no significant effect (P < 0.05). Conclusion: As a developing country experiencing rapid population aging, China must implement comprehensive measures to promote social equity and harmony.These measures should include the rational optimization of social security programs and pension resource allocation, with an emphasis on increasing investment in the social security system, expanding pension coverage, and improving the living standards of rural and low-income residents. Such efforts are crucial for safeguarding public mental health and ensuring social stability.
Keywords: ：Residents, aging anxiety, family support, Social Security, Commercial insurance
Received: 15 Feb 2025; Accepted: 20 Mar 2025.
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* Correspondence:
He Gu, Yunnan University of Finance and Ecomics, Kunming, China
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