Decline in Co-Residence of Parents and Children Among Older Kuwaiti Men and Women: What Are the Significant Correlates?

Shah, Nasra M.; Badr, Hanan E.; Yount, Kathryn M.; Shah, Makhdoom A.

doi:10.1007/s10823-011-9138-x

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“…However, studies of living arrangements indicate that residential arrangements of older Kuwaitis are changing fairly rapidly with more of them living alone and without any co-resident children, especially among women. It was found that about 13% of women and 1% of men aged 60 or more were living alone in 2005/2006(N. M. Shah, Badr, Yount, & Shah, 2011.…”

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Mortality differences according to marital status among men and women in Kuwait

Shah¹,

Thalib²,

Al-Ateeqi³

2014

Asian Population Studies

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Higher mortality among unmarried persons compared with currently married ones has been reported in many previous studies. There is paucity of such studies in developing countries. We analysed the association between marital status and mortality in Kuwait, an oil-rich Gulf Muslim country. Data were obtained from the Public Authority for Civil Information that has maintained a linked record database of population characteristics with death notifications since 2005. Deaths during 2005-2010 were aggregated for the analysis. Age-specific death rates and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated according to marital status (married, never married, divorced and widowed), age (15-49, 50-64 and 65+), gender, and nationality (Kuwaiti vs. nonKuwaiti). Among Kuwaiti nationals, the SMRs for widowed, divorced, and never married were 1.75, 1.68 and 1.15 compared to the married. Higher mortality was found among unmarried men and women at almost all ages. These findings may be indicative of considerable public health problems such as higher disability and depression among the unmarried.

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Mortality differences according to marital status among men and women in Kuwait

Shah¹,

Thalib²,

Al-Ateeqi³

2014

Asian Population Studies

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“…Individuals are more likely to sharing co-residence with their children when they do not have a spouse [4]. The higher the level of education is, the lower the probability of sharing co-residence with their children is and the level of education is considered as a symbol of the individual's social status [5]. However, it is found that the educational background has little effect on the probability of individual's sharing co-residence with their children [1].…”

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“…The elderly with good economic Condition are less likely to share co-residence with their children, and the individuals who have the ownership of their houses are more likely to live apart from their children [6]. The better the self-rated health status of the elderly is, the less likely they are to share co-residence with their children [5]. The poorer the self-care ability of the elderly is, the more likely they are to share co-residence with their children [7].…”

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Does Retirement Affect Residency Model?

Jin¹

2018

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This paper explores the impact of retirement on individual's residency model based on the data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) of 2013 and 2015. The results show that retirement significantly reduces the probability of individual's sharing co-residence with their children, and the male individuals are more affected. China has entered an aging society, the welfare of the elderly has received widespread attention, and children should pay more attention to the elderly so that they can live happily in their old age. KeywordsRetirement, Co-Residence, CHARLS IntroductionBy 2000, people aged over 60 and 65 were 10% and 7% of the population in China respectively (China Statistical Yearbook, 2001), indicating that China had entered an aging society, and the proportion of the elderly had increased year byyear. By the end of 2017, people aged over 60 had exceeded to 241 million, accounting for 17.3% of the total population, people aged over 65 had a population of more than 158 million, accounting for 11.4% of the total population, higher than the international "aging society" standard; both aging population and the elderly dependency ratio are increasing year by year (Table 1). Since China had entered an aging society in 2000, the size and proportion of the elderly population have grown at a relatively rapid rate, and their residency model has received more and more attention. Based on the data of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this paper analyzes the impact of retirement on the individual's residency model of the elderly, what's more, the impact from the perspective of overall and different genders will be conducted, and it explores ways to improve their lives and welfare of the elderly.

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“…In a comparison of the living arrangements of persons aged 60 or more in two surveys conducted in 1999 and 2005–06 (on which the present paper is based), it was found that the percentage of those living without any co-resident children increased from approximately 5 per cent to about 25 per cent, respectively. The percentage of those living alone increased from 1 to 7.4 per cent (Shah et al 2011).…”

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Foreign live-in domestic workers as caretakers of older Kuwaiti men and women: socio-demographic and health correlates

Shah

Badr

Shah³

2011

Ageing and Society

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Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0144686X11000778How to cite this article: NASRA SHAH, HANAN BADR and MAKHDOOM SHAH (2012). Foreign live-in domestic workers as caretakers of older Kuwaiti men and women: sociodemographic and health correlates. ABSTRACTAgeing of the population is posing new challenges for caretakers. This paper aims to examine: (a) age and gender differences in care provided by a domestic worker versus a family member in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL); (b) sociodemographic correlates of care during illness; and (c) self-reported physical, functional, and psychological health status in relation to care-giver. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted among , Kuwaiti nationals aged  years or older. This paper focuses on persons aged  or more. We found that domestic workers provided care to  per cent of men and  per cent of women who needed assistance with ADL; and to  per cent men and  per cent women during illness. These respondents ranked poorer on several health indicators and reported higher depressive symptoms score than those looked after by a family member. Logistic regression indicated that care by a domestic worker was approximately seven times more likely for women than men, about . times more likely for those without coresident children compared with those who had three or more co-resident children, and  per cent less likely for the poorest compared with the richest persons. It appears that reliance on domestic workers is increasing and such reliance will remain necessary in the absence of culturally acceptable alternative institutional arrangements.KEY WORDSlive-in domestic helpers, older population, caretaker, Kuwait, gender differences, women's health.

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Decline in Co-Residence of Parents and Children Among Older Kuwaiti Men and Women: What Are the Significant Correlates?

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Mortality differences according to marital status among men and women in Kuwait

Mortality differences according to marital status among men and women in Kuwait

Does Retirement Affect Residency Model?

Foreign live-in domestic workers as caretakers of older Kuwaiti men and women: socio-demographic and health correlates

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