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

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,...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0253131-e0253131
Main Authors: Shu, Zhan, Xiao, Jinguang, Dai, Xianhua, Han, Yu, Liu, Yingli
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Age
Aging
Children
Community
Earth Sciences
Education
Ethics
Evaluation
Families & family life
Geriatric clinics
Grants
Health aspects
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relationships
Medical care
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental health
Older people
Parents
People and Places
Physiological effects
Physiology
Psychological aspects
Public administration
Quality management
Retirement
Rural areas
Social Sciences
Social support
Society
System theory
Young adults
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Summary: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
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0253131