Living Arrangement Concordance and its Association with Self-Rated Health Among Institutionalized and Community-Residing Older Adults in China

Sereny, Melanie; Gu, Danan

doi:10.1007/s10823-011-9145-y

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“…Therefore, future research should collect longitudinal data and examine the dynamic nature of the living arrangements of adult children and their parents. Previous research also finds a substantial discrepancy between older Chinese adults' preferred living arrangements and their actual living arrangements, a discrepancy with negative consequences for their health and well-being (Sereny, 2011;Sereny & Gu, 2011). Future research that assesses the living arrangement preferences of both adult children and their parents may provide additional insights on coresidence.…”

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Coresidence With Elderly Parents in Contemporary China: The Role of Filial Piety, Reciprocity, Socioeconomic Resources, and Parental Needs

Zhang

Luo

2014

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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This paper examines how adult children's expressed filial piety, receipt of help from parents, socioeconomic resources, and parents' needs are associated with the likelihood of parent-child coresidence in contemporary China. Drawing on the 2002 wave of the Chinese Survey of Family Dynamics and the 2002 wave of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, we used logistic regression to analyze correlates of coresidence with parents of 3,938 married adult children, aged 35 to 65. Results show that the stronger the filial piety expressed by adult children, the higher their likelihood of coresiding with their parents. Married adult children are also more likely to coreside with elderly parents who have provided intensive grandchild care and financial support or with those who need financial, physical, and emotional support. However, adult children who own homes are significantly less likely to live with their parents than are those who do not. These findings suggest that coresidence in contemporary China is influenced not only by parents' needs but also by children's values, socioeconomic resources, and past receipt of parental help. Coresidence with Elderly Parents in Contemporary China3

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Coresidence With Elderly Parents in Contemporary China: The Role of Filial Piety, Reciprocity, Socioeconomic Resources, and Parental Needs

Zhang

Luo

2014

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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“…Elderly Chinese parents take pride in receiving support from children (Li et al, 2009). Over half of elderly Chinese prefer intergenerational coresidence (Sereny and Gu, 2011). Given inadequate social welfare system (LaFave, 2016), 49% of Chinese over age 65 rely on their family (mostly their children) as the primary source of income (based on the author's calculation of the 2010 China Census).…”

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Anticipated support from children and later-life health in the United States and China

Cheng

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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Past research has shown that anticipated support, the belief that someone will provide support if needed, benefits health. Few studies considered whether the relationship between anticipated support and health depends on the source of such support. This project addresses this gap and examines how anticipated support from children is related to older parents' health and whether such support can be replaced by anticipated support from other relatives and friends. Ordered logit and negative binomial regression models with lagged health outcomes were estimated using nationally representative data from the 2010 and 2012 Health and Retirement Study and the 2011 and 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Results suggest that anticipated support from children is related to older parents' better self-rated health and fewer depressive symptoms in both countries. In the U.S. where filial norms are relatively weak, anticipated support from others is no less important for health than anticipated support from children. However, in China where filial norms are relatively strong, parents anticipating support only from others are no different in health from those anticipating support from no one.

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“…In previous studies, it was found adult children tend to provide care and support to their elderly parents and co-reside with them as necessary (Pezzin, Pollak & Schone 2007; Wald 2008); co-residence with older parents balances a variety of both children’s and parents’ needs (Sereny & Gu 2011). In China, adult children not living with their elderly parents still provide some kinds of support and care to fulfill their filial duties (Korinek, Zimmer & Gu 2011; Sereny 2011).…”

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Family Structure and Quality of Life of Elders in Rural China: The Role of the New Rural Social Pension

Liu

Han

Xiao

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Journal of Aging & Social Policy

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Using data from a survey in Ankang district of Shaanxi province of China in 2011, this paper examines the protective effect of the NRSP on quality of life of the rural elderly, as well the moderating effect on association between family structure and quality of life. An instrumental variable approach is used. NRSP is shown to significantly improve the quality of life of rural elderly, and a robustness check shows that this effect is consistent across different sets of subgroups. Compared with the elderly who have at least one son, the quality of life of those who are childless or have only one child is significantly lower. The NRSP is more likely to significantly improve the quality of life of the one-child elderly. In addition, the associations between the NRSP and the different facets of quality of life of the elderly are significant except for the facet of sensory abilities.

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Living Arrangement Concordance and its Association with Self-Rated Health Among Institutionalized and Community-Residing Older Adults in China

Cited by 68 publications

References 75 publications

Coresidence With Elderly Parents in Contemporary China: The Role of Filial Piety, Reciprocity, Socioeconomic Resources, and Parental Needs

Coresidence With Elderly Parents in Contemporary China: The Role of Filial Piety, Reciprocity, Socioeconomic Resources, and Parental Needs

Anticipated support from children and later-life health in the United States and China

Family Structure and Quality of Life of Elders in Rural China: The Role of the New Rural Social Pension

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