Effect of family 'upward' intergenerational support on the health of rural elderly in China: Evidence from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey.

Autor: Zhan Shu, Jinguang Xiao, Xianhua Dai, Yu Han, Yingli Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0253131 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253131
Popis: As health challenging rural elderly in an aging population, more attention is being paid on impact of family intergenerational support on the health of the elderly. This paper investigates the effects of children's intergenerational economic support and non-economic support on physical, mental, and functional health of rural elderly in China in the mean while. This paper applies the 2014 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), in particular, applying exploratory factor analysis to ascertain latent variables and Structural Equation Model (SEM), and analyzes the impacts of "Upward" intergenerational support on health of rural elderly. As resulted, after controlling the socioeconomic status of the rural elderly, the family "upward" intergenerational support influences the elderly's physical health at a percentage of 11.7%, mental health 29.8%, and physiological function 12.6%. Moreover, "Upward" economic support has a positive effect on physiological function (P
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