Abstract: Objective: To explore the influencing factors of willingness to participate in community mutual aid pension. Methods: We investigated 498 community elderly people's willingness to participate in community mutual aid pension, demographic data, Barthel index, simplified Chinese version of UCLA Loneliness Scale and Social Dysfunction Screening Scale, and analyze the factors affecting their willingness, especially the psycho-social factors. Results: About 60.2% of the elderly in community were willing to try community mutual aid pension. The results of regression analysis showed that age, educational level, loneliness score and social participation were the independent influencing factors for the elderly's willingness to participate in community mutual aid pension (P<0.05). Conclusion: More than half of the elderly in the community are willing to participate in community mutual aid pension. In order to promote the implementation of this model, we should focus on improving the level of loneliness and social participation of the elderly, and the government and community staff should strengthen the relevant publicity and education.

Key words: mutual aid pension; willingness; loneliness; social participation; influencing factors