Intergenerational support and subjective wellbeing among oldest-old in China: the moderating role of economic status.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

The oldest-old population is increasing sharply in China, and intergenerational support has been their primary source of caregiving. Although intergenerational support has been found to be associated with wellbeing of older people in previous study, most analysis were from the perspective of children's characteristics and exchange patterns. This study aims to investigate the impact of different types of intergenerational support on subjective wellbeing among Chinese oldest-old and the variation across groups of different economic status, based on their five-tier of needs (physiological needs, safety needs, love/belonging needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs).

Methods

We included older adults aged ≥ 80 years from the 2018 Chinese longitudinal Healthy

SUBMITTER: Huang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8051050 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature