Number of Children, Partnership Status, and Later-life Depression in Eastern and Western Europe
| Autor: | Thijs van den Broek, Katherine Keenan, Emily Grundy |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | Socio-Medical Sciences (SMS), University of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Development |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Czech Long-standing illness Cross-sectional study Intergenerational relationships HM The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences Support exchanges 0302 clinical medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Europe Eastern Longitudinal Studies Marriage Socioeconomics Change score Receipt Family Characteristics Depression 05 social sciences HM Sociology Single Person 3rd-DAS Middle Aged Support exchange Europe Clinical Psychology Childlessness General partnership Western europe Generations and Gender surveys (GGS) Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS) H1 language Female Psychology H Social Sciences (General) Subjective Well-Being BF Psychology Social Psychology BF 050105 experimental psychology Partnership status 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors Depression (economics) Humans Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Aged Marital Status language.human_language Cross-Sectional Studies Geriatrics and Gerontology Gerontology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 74(2), 353-363. Gerontological Society of America The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1758-5368 1079-5014 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/geronb/gbx050 |
| Popis: | The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013)/ ERC grant agreement n° 324055. Objectives: To investigate associations between number of children and partnership with depressive symptoms among older Europeans and assess whether associations are greater in Eastern than Western countries. We further analyze whether associations are mediated by provision and receipt of emotional and financial support. Methods: Using cross-sectional data for five Eastern (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Romania, and Russia) and four Western European countries (Belgium, France, Norway, and Sweden) (n = 15,352), we investigated variation in depressive symptoms using linear regression. We fitted conditional change score models for depressive symptoms using longitudinal data for four countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, and France) (n = 3,978). Results: Unpartnered women and men had more depressive symptoms than the partnered. In Eastern, but not Western, European countries childlessness and having one compared with two children were associated with more depressive symptoms. Formal tests indicated that partnership and number of children were more strongly associated with depressive symptoms in Eastern than Western Europe. Discussion: Availability of close family is more strongly associated with older people’s depressive symptoms in Eastern than Western Europe. The collapse of previous state supports and greater economic stress in Eastern Europe may mean that having a partner and children has a greater psychological impact than in Western countries. Publisher PDF |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|