Living arrangements, intergenerational support, and married women’s subjective well-being

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Shiro Furuya ◽  
James M. Raymo
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Who We Live With and How We Are Feeling: A Study of Household Living Arrangements and Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 016402752096154
Author(s):  
Wen-Jui Han ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Cliff Whetung
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

Using a sample of Chinese adults over the age of 50 from wave 1 of the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (n = 13,367), we investigated the relationship between living arrangements and subjective well-being (SWB) in regard to life satisfaction, happiness, and control. We also looked at the moderating role of resources, proxied by income and hukou status. Multivariate regression results indicate that living only with a spouse was significantly associated with better SWB. Multigenerational living arrangements may not always promote SWB, particularly when resources are constrained. Yet, results also underscore the importance of daughters and daughters-in-law in promoting SWB among older adults. Older adults in rural areas had better SWB, including greater life satisfaction if living with grandchildren only, compared to their urban peers living with a spouse only. Findings suggest that context matters in the association between living arrangements and older adults’ SWB.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-being and Intergenerational Support Exchange in Old Age in Rural Vietnam

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-91
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ha Dong
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Support Exchange

This paper investigates how intergeneration support influence rural elders’ subjective wellbeing in Vietnam, based on the data of the survey ‘Strengthening Social En gagement in Elderly Care in Changing Economic and Family Structure in Asia: Policy and Practical Dialogues between Local Communities in Vietnam and Japan’ conducted in 2017. The sample analysis of this paper is 307 respondents aged 60 and older in rural areas in the middle of Vietnam. Subjective wellbeing includes psychological well-being, self-rated health and life satisfaction. We find that all elders’ psychological wellbeing becomes more positive when they provide financial support for their children. Despite the economic difficulties and the prevalence of filial norm, the financial provision is not viewed as the burden to the older adults but helps them to confirm their position and power in the intergenerational relations. Nonetheless, receiving the spiritual care is more like to improve their psychological well-being and life satisfaction. The results suggest that the effect of the intergenerational support exchange should be taken into consideration when improving the quality of life for the elderly.

scholarly journals Household Context and Subjective Well-Being Among the Oldest Old in China

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1379-1403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feinian Chen ◽  
Susan E. Short
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Healthy Longevity ◽  
Using Data

This article investigates the importance of household context to subjective well-being among the oldest old (aged 80 years and older) in China. Using data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, the authors find that living arrangements have strong implications for elderly emotional health. First, living alone is associated with lower subjective well-being. Second, coresidence with immediate family (spouse or children) is associated with positive subjective well-being. Third, compared to living with a son, the traditionally dominant type of living arrangement, coresidence with a daughter appears positively linked to the emotional health of the oldest old. Results highlight the importance of family and cultural context to subjective well-being of the oldest old. They also suggest that the gendered nature of caregiving merits further attention in China and other patrilineal societies.

scholarly journals LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN CHINA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 377-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Ye ◽  
D. Burnette ◽  
Z. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Coresidence with kin and subjective well-being in the transition to adulthood: A comparison of the United States, Germany, Japan and China

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-47
Author(s):  
Bernhard Nauck ◽  
Qiang Ren
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Japan And China

Although residence patterns during the transition to adulthood are dynamic and have a high influence on subjective well-being, empirical studies are scarce, especially with regard to international comparisons. The way living arrangements during the transition to adulthood are normatively framed in bilinear, neolocal kinship cultures is very different from the way they are framed in patrilineal, patrilocal cultures. Thus, living arrangements such as living alone, living with parents and especially living with in-laws should correspond to varying levels of well-being depending on the culture. Based on panel data (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – NLSY97, German Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics, Japanese Life Course Panel Survey and China Family Panel Studies), we analyzed the levels of subjective well-being of young adults aged 20–35 in households of varying family composition across cultures and over time. Differences between patrilineal, patrilocal kinship systems in Japan and China and bilineal, neolocal kinship systems in Germany and the United States became evident in lower levels of subjective well-being of young adults in China and Japan than in Germany and the United States, when living alone or in single-parent families. Germany and the United States were similar in their strong gender differences in subjective well-being, with young women showing a much lower level than men, but differed with regard to the variation by coresidence type, which was higher in the United States than in Germany. Gender differences in Japan and China were related to living in extended households, which resulted in very low levels of subjective well-being for young women, whereas the impact was small in China. Despite the differences in kinship systems, institutional regulations, and opportunity structures, living in a nuclear family of procreation was associated with the highest level of subjective well-being for young men and women in all four countries.

scholarly journals The Impact of Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Support on the Health Status of Older People in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 796-796
Author(s):  
Yazhen Yang ◽  
Maria Evandrou ◽  
Athina Vlachantoni
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Older People ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Research to-date has examined the impact of intergenerational support in terms of isolated types of support, or at one point in time, failing to provide strong evidence of the complex effect of support on older persons’ wellbeing. Using the Harmonised China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011, 2013 and 2015), this paper investigates the impact of older people’s living arrangements and intergenerational support provision/ receipt on their physical and psychological wellbeing, focusing on rural/ urban differences. The results show that receiving economic support from one’s adult children was a stronger predictor for higher life satisfaction among older rural residents compared to those in urban areas, while grandchild care provision was an important determinant for poor life satisfaction only for older urban residents. Receiving informal care from one’s adult children was associated with a poor (I)ADL functional status and with depressive symptoms among older rural people. Meanwhile, having weekly in-person and distant contact reduced the risk of depression among older people in both rural and urban areas. The paper shows that it is important to improve the level of public economic transfers and public social care towards vulnerable older people in rural areas, and more emphasis should be placed on improving the psychological well-being of urban older residents, such as with the early diagnosis of depression.

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