Having an Adult Child in the United States, Physical Functioning, and Unmet Needs for Care Among Older Mexican Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migration of adult children may impact the health of aging parents who remain in low- and middle-income countries. Prior studies have uncovered mixed associations between adult child migration status and physical functioning of older parents; none to our knowledge has examined the impact on unmet caregiving needs.

Methods

Data come from a population-based study of Mexican adults ≥50 years. We used longitudinal targeted maximum likelihood estimation to estimate associations between having an adult child US migrant and lower-body functional limitations, and both needs and unmet needs for assistance with basic or instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs/IADLs) for 11,806 respondents surveyed over an 11-year period.

Results

For women, having an adult child

SUBMITTER: Torres JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548567 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature