中文摘要：

多子多福作为一种传统观念在我国影响深远,特别是全面开放二孩政策正式实施后,子女数量对中老年人生活的满意程度成为热议的话题。选取子女数量对中老年的生活满意度影响作为研究出发点,利用中国健康与养老追踪调查（CHARLS）的数据,采用有序Logit模型,选取子女数量、受访者个人和家庭的基本特征、养老保险状况、居住形式以及自评健康状况等作为自变量,对中老年人的生活满意度进行实证研究。结果表明：（1）子女数量对中老年人的生活满意度存在显著影响;（2）这种影响在城乡和两性之间存在着显著的差异性,相对于城市而言子女数量对农村居民的影响较大,对女性的影响大于男性。最后,针对子女数量对中老年人满意度在城乡和两性之间的差异化影响,提出相关政策建议。

英文摘要：

＂The more children, the more blessings＂ is a deep-rooted belief in China. Especially after the formal implementation of the two-child policy, the influence of children number on the life satisfaction of the middle aged and the elderly has become a hot topic. This paper carried out an empirical study with data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey （CHARLS） to find out the how the number of children affect the satisfaction of the middle aged and the elderly by utilizing the ordered logit model, which selects the basic capital characteristics such as the number of children, families, endowment insurance status, living form and self rated health status as independent variables. The study find that the number of children and the life satisfaction of the two groups of people are significantly related ; Besides, significant differences exist in urban and rural areas and in genders. The effect is larger on rural residents than on urban people and greater on women than on men. Finally, some relevant policy suggestions were proposed in view of the different effect between the urban and the rural areas and between the genders.The effect is larger on rural residents than on urban people and greater on women than on men.Finally, some relevant policy suggestions were proposed in view of the different effect between the urban and the rural areas and between the genders.