Effects of Serving as a State Functionary on Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence From China

He, Li; Zhang, Zixian; Wang, Jiangyin; Wang, Yuting; Li, Tianyang; Yang, Tianyi; Liu, Tianlan; Wu, Yuanyang; Zhang, Shuo; Zhang, Siqing; Yang, Hualei; Wang, Kun

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.757036

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“…From the perspective of medicine and public health, self-reported or self-rated health is the respondent's selfperceived health. It is a common measure of subjective perceived health and provides comprehensive measures of an individual's physical and mental state [46]. Even considering the objective health status, self-rated health can still better represent the comprehensive health status of a population [47].…”

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Health of Widowed Elderly and Related Factors in China

Hua¹,

Chen²

2022

JOMH

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Background:The widowed elderly are in poor health, but studies mainly focus on their mental health, physiological response, chronic disease, or death. The aim of this study was to investigate the health of the widowed elderly and related factors in China from the three dimensions of self-reported health, objective physical health and mental health. Methods: Data were obtained from the Chinese Longitudinal Health Longevity Survey (CLHLS-2018). 3320 participants aged 65 years and older were selected, included 1573 widowed elderly and 1747 non-widowed elderly. A simplified version of the center for epidemiological research depression scale (CES-D-10) was used to assess depressive symptoms. The differences of depression and chronic diseases between widows and widowers were tested by independent sample t-test. A fully aligned polygonal graphical indexing method and binary logistic regression analysis were used to explore health and related factors of the widowed elderly. Results: Of the 1573 widowed elderly 70.88% were female, 59.19% were aged 80-99, 48.00% and 36.75% were from rural and urban areas respectively, and 92.05% lived with their families. Depressive symptoms were found in 20.15% of widowers and 49.33% of widows, and 60.26% of widowers and 64.75% of widows had more than one chronic disease. Statistically significant differences were found between widowers and widows in the above two. Self-reported health and mental health were slightly better than that of non-widowed elderly, with the exception of objective physical health. The variables of life restriction, physical exercise, life satisfaction and depressive symptoms were significant factors that influenced the widowed elderly health. Conclusions: Strengthening the monitoring and management of negative emotions and physiological functions of the widowed elderly, improving their awareness of physical and mental health and then promoting communication were found to be effective intervention measures.

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Health of Widowed Elderly and Related Factors in China

Hua¹,

Chen²

2022

JOMH

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“…Life satisfaction among older adults can be influenced by several factors. Referring to a previous study ( He et al, 2022 ) and the availability of data, we controlled for both individual-and household-level variables. At the individual level, we controlled for respondent age (years), gender (male = 1, female = 0), marital status (married = 1, unmarried = 0), labor status (yes = 1, no = 0), education level (primary = 1, secondary = 2, high school and above = 3), health status (respondents’ self-assessed health, with 1–5 indicating very unhealthy – very healthy, respectively), and household registration type (respondents’ household registration, urban = 1, rural = 0).…”

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Grandchild care and life satisfaction of older adults: Empirical evidence from China

Dong

Ling²,

Yang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundIn China, grandchild care plays an important social role later in life. The effects of grandchild care on physical health and depression in older adults have been illustrated. However, there is a gap in research on grandchild care and life satisfaction of older adults specifically based on the Chinese experience.MethodBased on 7,079 individuals’ data from 2018 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), this study explored the impact of grandchild care on older adults’ life satisfaction by using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Propensity Score Matching (PSM), and instrumental variables (IV) models.ResultsThe empirical results indicated that (1) life satisfaction was significantly higher for older adults who undertook grandchild care compared to those who did not; (2) non-coresiding grandparents showed higher life satisfaction than those non-carers, and this effect was not found in custodial grandparents or three-generation household grandparents; (3) higher life satisfaction of grandchild caregivers was achieved through reduced loneliness, enhanced self-efficacy, and increased emotional support from children, with the latter being the greatest contribution; and (4) the improving effect of grandchild care on life satisfaction was found mainly in the group of older adults who were male and in rural households.ConclusionThere was a significant difference in life satisfaction between older Chinese adults who provided grandchild care and those who did not. Efforts in terms of old age policy protection and family relationships should be made to enhance the subjective well-being of older adults.

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“…Similarly, informal employees or self-employed individuals were more likely to report good health than regular employees because of reduced conflict between work and family [ 11 ]. In China, the overall health level of state workers is higher than that of other groups [ 12 ].…”

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Multi-Dimensional Comparison of the Impact Mechanism of the Self-Rated Health Status of Urban and Rural Residents in Chinese Social Environments

Zhang

Gao

2022

IJERPH

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Self-rated health status (SRHS) reflects individuals’ social environment, and the difference between urban and rural areas in China further highlights the impact of social environment on health. This paper aimed to systematically analyze and compare the impact mechanism of the SRHS of urban and rural residents from multiple dimensions, i.e., time, space, and scale. Drawing on data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) and China Statistical Yearbook, we used spatial, cross, and HLM analyses. Results indicate that: (1) From 2010 to 2017, the overall SRHS level of Chinese residents gradually declined; the gradient pattern of east, middle, and west became more marked, and the health level in rural areas generally fell behind that of urban areas. (2) The focus of SRHS moved toward mental health, and people’s perceptions of the social environment gradually became a key factor affecting health. (3) In the long term, the gradient allocation of medical service resources could narrow the gap between urban and rural areas to comprehensively improve regional health levels.

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Effects of Serving as a State Functionary on Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence From China

Cited by 6 publications

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Health of Widowed Elderly and Related Factors in China

Health of Widowed Elderly and Related Factors in China

Grandchild care and life satisfaction of older adults: Empirical evidence from China

Multi-Dimensional Comparison of the Impact Mechanism of the Self-Rated Health Status of Urban and Rural Residents in Chinese Social Environments

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