Children's migration and lifestyle-related chronic disease among older parents 'left behind' in india.

ABSTRACT: Lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are now the leading causes of death and disability in India. Interestingly, those Indian states with the highest prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic disease among older adults are also found to have the highest rates of international or internal out-migration. This paper investigates the association between having migrant (adult) children and older parents' lifestyle-related chronic disease in India. Bi-variate and multivariate analysis are conducted using data from a representative sample of 9507 adults aged 60 and older in seven Indian states from the UNFPA project 'Building Knowledge Base on Ageing in India'. The results show that for any of the diagnosed conditions of hypertension, diabetes and heart di

SUBMITTER: Falkingham J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5769047 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature