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A Later Life Without Children in China: A Cross-Sectional Examination of Moderators and Mediators of the Effects of Childlessness on the Well-Being of Elders
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A Later Life Without Children in China: A Cross-Sectional Examination of Moderators and Mediators of the Effects of Childlessness on the Well-Being of Elders
Yazar:
Shi, Junrong, author.
ISBN:
9780438038585
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1 electronic resource (188 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Philip McCallion Committee members: Keith T. Chan; Russell Ward.
Özet:
Adult children played a primary role in support and caregiving for the fast-growing older population in China because of the core value of "filial piety" and underdeveloped formal services in the country. However, an increasing amount of Chinese people will end up with having no children in their later years, either nonparental or no children survived. It is important to understand that how the absence of children affects the health and well-being of older adults to better serve this growing vulnerable population. Limited previous studies focused on the childless older people in China, and little is known about the mechanisms through which childlessness influences older people's lives.
Using a national survey data, Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), this dissertation study aims to examine: a) whether being childless affects different aspects of well-being for older adults; b) whether there are differences due to type of childlessness, parent-adult children relationship, and gender of children; c) whether the effects of childlessness vary by gender, marital status, disabilities, and access to public services; and d) whether social support, participation in social and leisure activities and health behaviors mediated the effect of childlessness. Stepwise multivariate linear and logistic regression models were estimated to predict elders' self-rated health, psychological well-being, and quality of life.
The analysis revealed that being childless was associated with poor quality of life, but not with poor self-rated health and psychological well-being, independent of demographics, socioeconomic status, health status and availability of formal or informal support. No significant differences observed between elders who were nonparental and those who had no surviving children. For elders who had a poor relationship with children, represented by no regular contacts, their quality of life was no different from childless elders. The gender of children had no significant influence on the quality of life among those who had children. In addition, this dissertation did not find that gender, disabilities, or access to formal services moderate the effect of childlessness. Only marital status moderate the effect of childlessness on self-rated health, but not on other two dependent variables. Finally, the mediation tests revealed that being childless affects the quality of life for elderly through two essential mechanisms: social support and participation in social and leisure activities. Being childless did not influence the well-being by altering the health behaviors of people in their later life.
Altogether, the findings of this dissertation suggest that having children alive is beneficial for the quality of life among older people with the precondition that older parents had regular contacts with the children. The findings suggest that being childless had more influences on the social dimension of life for older adults. Social policies and practices need to address the psych-social needs of childless older adults apart from financial and material needs. More serious efforts are needed to expand the provision of community and home-based social services, to increase the social and leisure facilities in different settings, and to foster the support and caregiving from informal social networks for childless older people.
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School code: 0668
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