Parental status and late-life well-being in rural China: the benefits of having multiple children.
Parental status and late-life well-being in rural China: the benefits of having multiple children.
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DOI：
10.1080/13607863.2013.799117
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Guo M
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作者：
Guo M
本研究探讨了中国农村无子女老人、一孩老人和多子女老人在抑郁水平和生活满意度方面的潜在差异，并探讨了潜在差异背后的机制。样本由中国安徽省农村地区的 1,224 名老年人组成。进行方差分析，分别比较三组的抑郁和生活满意度。进行多重回归来预测抑郁症和生活满意度，在每个回归中依次输入 1）父母状况、2）个人属性（即社会人口变量和功能健康）和 3）代表家庭关系的变量（即生活安排、代际接触和家庭支持）。总体而言，中国农村无子女老人的抑郁程度明显高于年长父母，而生活满意度则明显较低。造成这种群体差异的主要原因是缺乏成年子女的金钱支持，其影响取决于老年人的收入水平。在收入水平很高的情况下，来自孩子的金钱支持的好处可以忽略不计。然而，仅仅多个孩子的存在就与更高的生活满意度相关，与孩子的个人特质和潜在的金钱支持无关。这项研究通过确定父母身份影响个人福祉的途径，为解释中的“缺失环节”做出了贡献。研究结果表明，富裕程度、社会规范和可用的正式支持等当地环境都在塑造晚年无子女的后果中发挥着作用。
This study examined potential differences among childless elders, elders with one child, and elders with multiple children in rural China in their levels of depression and life satisfaction, and investigated the mechanism behind the potential differences. The sample consisted of 1,224 older adults in rural Anhui province, China. ANOVA tests were carried out to compare the three groups in depression and life satisfaction, respectively. Multiple regressions were carried out to predict depression and life satisfaction, with 1) parental status, 2) individual attributes (i.e., socio-demographic variables and functional health), and 3) variables representing family relations (i.e., living arrangement, intergenerational contact, and family support) entered sequentially in each regression. Overall, childless elders in rural China had significantly higher level of depression and lower level of life satisfaction than did older parents. The primary reason for such group differences was lack of monetary support from adult children, the effect of which was conditioned upon the income level of older adults. With a high level of income, the benefit of monetary support from children was negligible. However, the mere presence of multiple children was associated with a higher life satisfaction, independently of personal attributes and potential monetary support form children. This study contributed to the “missing link” in the explanation by identifying the pathways through which parental status affect individual well-being. The findings indicate that local contexts such as affluence, social norms, and available formal support all play a role in shaping the consequences of childlessness in later life.
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