Marriage, parenthood and social network: Subjective well-being and mental health in old age

Parenthood, marital status and social networks have been shown to relate to the well-being and mental health of older people. Using a large sample of respondents aged 50 and older from 16 European countries, we identify the associations of well-being and mental health with family status. Making use...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-07, Vol.14 (7), p.e0218704-e0218704
Main Authors: Becker, Christoph, Kirchmaier, Isadora, Trautmann, Stefan T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Birth Rate
Child
Children
Computer and Information Sciences
Elderly
Family Characteristics
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Marriage
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Mental health
Middle Aged
Older people
Parenthood
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
People and Places
Psychological aspects
Psychological factors
Public Health
Reproduction
Social interactions
Social Networking
Social networks
Social organization
Social Sciences
Social support
Well being
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Summary:Parenthood, marital status and social networks have been shown to relate to the well-being and mental health of older people. Using a large sample of respondents aged 50 and older from 16 European countries, we identify the associations of well-being and mental health with family status. Making use of detailed social network data of the respondents, we also identify how different social support networks correlate with the well-being and health indicators. We observe positive associations for all network types, over and beyond any direct associations of family status with well-being. Results suggest that non-residential children are important providers of social support for their parents at older age.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0218704