TY - JOUR
T1 - Life Satisfaction of Older Chinese Adults Living in Rural Communities
AU - Li, Hong
AU - Chi, Iris
AU - Xu, Ling
N1 - Funding Information:
Social support and exchange was defined as emotional, instrumental, and financial support and exchange between older adults and their adult children and members of their social networks. This variable was indicated by financial exchange with children, satisfaction with children’s support, and instrumental support provided to children. Financial exchange with children was assessed by whether participants received financial support from their children (0=no, 1=yes) and provided financial support to their children (0=no, 1=yes) during the past 12 months. In addition, older adults were asked to rate their satisfaction with their children’s support on a 4-point scale ranging from not satisfied at all (1) to very satisfied (4). Providing instrumental support to children was measured by asking respondents whether they helped their children with house sitting, household chores, child care, and farm work. Each item was measured dichotomously (0=no, 1=yes).
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PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Guided by the socio-environmental theoretical framework, this study examined factors associated with life satisfaction experienced by older Chinese adults living in rural communities. The data used in this study were extracted from the Sample Survey on Aged Population in Urban/Rural China conducted by the China Research Center on Aging in 2000. This study included 10,084 rural older adults in mainland China. In this study 60.2 % of rural older adults were satisfied with their lives. Results from a multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that life satisfaction reported by rural older Chinese adults was significantly related to education, financial resources, self-rated health, financial support from children, satisfaction with children's support, house sitting for their children, visiting neighbors, and being invited to dinner by neighbors. Research and policy implications of these findings are also discussed.
AB - Guided by the socio-environmental theoretical framework, this study examined factors associated with life satisfaction experienced by older Chinese adults living in rural communities. The data used in this study were extracted from the Sample Survey on Aged Population in Urban/Rural China conducted by the China Research Center on Aging in 2000. This study included 10,084 rural older adults in mainland China. In this study 60.2 % of rural older adults were satisfied with their lives. Results from a multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that life satisfaction reported by rural older Chinese adults was significantly related to education, financial resources, self-rated health, financial support from children, satisfaction with children's support, house sitting for their children, visiting neighbors, and being invited to dinner by neighbors. Research and policy implications of these findings are also discussed.
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - Older Chinese adults
KW - Rural communities
KW - Social environmental theory
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U2 - 10.1007/s10823-013-9189-2
DO - 10.1007/s10823-013-9189-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 23636831
AN - SCOPUS:84878183211
SN - 0169-3816
VL - 28
SP - 153
EP - 165
JO - Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
JF - Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
IS - 2
ER -