scholarly journals Living Arrangements, Offspring Migration, and Health of Older Adults in Rural China: Revelation From Biomarkers and Propensity Score Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
Qian Song ◽  
Feinian Chen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Propensity Score Analysis ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Score Analysis ◽  
Multigenerational Household ◽  
Biomarker Data

Objective: We examine the combined effects of living arrangements and outmigration of adult children on rural older adults’ health profiles, measured by biomarker data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011. Method: We employ biomarker data and propensity score analysis which allows us to effectively deal with selection issues that are commonly observed in the literature. Results: We show complex health implications of living arrangements and offspring migration. Living in a traditional multigenerational household has limited health benefits to older adults. However, older parents of migrants who live in a multigenerational household have better fitness in blood pressure. Their advantage over parents of migrants in other living arrangements suggests added benefits of the presence of grandchildren. Discussion: This study bridges the living arrangement and migration literature on health by showing that health effects of adult children’s migration on older adults are contingent upon their living arrangements.

scholarly journals Association of diuretic use and overactive bladder syndrome in older adults: A propensity score analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. James Ekundayo ◽  
Alayne Markland ◽  
Christina Lefante ◽  
Xuemei Sui ◽  
Patricia S. Goode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Overactive Bladder ◽  
Propensity Score Analysis ◽  
Overactive Bladder Syndrome ◽  
Score Analysis

Living arrangement preferences and realities for elderly Chinese: implications for subjective wellbeing

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 1557-1581 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAICHANG CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Elderly Chinese ◽  
Older Chinese

ABSTRACTThis article investigates the determinants of preference for intergenerational co-residence and examines the effects of living arrangement concordance (i.e.having a match between preference and reality) on the subjective wellbeing (SWB) of older Chinese. Data were derived from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) national baseline conducted in 2011. This allows for two different measures of the affective approach to SWB: depression and happiness. This article found living arrangement preference is indicative of need, cultural norms and current living arrangement experiences. The results support the hypothesis of discrepancy theories that having living arrangement concordance improves older parents’ SWB (i.e.depressive symptoms and happiness). In addition, the previously predictive effects of the actual living arrangement on SWB lost significance when actual living arrangement and concordance were added simultaneously. Living in a preferred arrangement appears to be more important than living in a traditional arrangement from the point of view of older adults’ SWB. Programmes designed to improve wellbeing in later life should not assume that there is a one-size-fits-all model for all; instead, older people should be given more choices of living arrangements.

Efficacy of variceal embolisation in patients with TIPS implantation: a propensity score analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (01) ◽  
pp. E2-E89
Author(s):  
M Giesler ◽  
D Bettinger ◽  
M Rössle ◽  
R Thimme ◽  
M Schultheiss
Keyword(s):  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Analysis ◽  
Score Analysis
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