Spatio-temporal evolution and driving factors of the coupling and coordinated development of China's digital economy and older adult care services

作者：Hui Liu, Wei Lin Wang, Sha Li · 发表于：Frontiers in Public Health · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.3389/fpubh.2025.1490461 · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Technology Use by Older Adults、Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving、Advanced Technologies in Various Fields

Background: This study aims to examine the level of coupled and coordinated development between China's digital economy and older adult care services, analyzing their spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and key influencing factors, with the goal of providing feasible recommendations and scientific bases for the development of the digital economy and older adult care services in China. Methods: This study uses publicly available panel data from China for the years 2015-2022. It employs the entropy method to measure the weights of various indicators in the digital economy and older adult care services. The study analyzes the level of coordinated development between the two using the coupling coordination degree model, and measures the main driving factors using the geographical detector model. Results: (1) The overall level of coupling and coordinated development between China's digital economy and older adult care services shows an upward trend, but the growth rate is uneven, exhibiting an "M-shaped" pattern, with rapid growth followed by gradual slowdown, a bottoming-out rebound, and then a continuous decline. (2) There are significant spatial differences in the coupling and coordinated development of China's digital economy and older adult care services. Coastal areas are developing rapidly, inland areas have great potential, while peripheral areas are relatively lagging behind. Additionally, neighboring regions show regional linkage dynamics. (3) The main factors drivi...