Income-Related Inequalities in Informal Care: Evidence From the Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This report aims to examine income-related inequalities in informal care among older people with functional limitations in China.

Methods

Data are drawn from the 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2014 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. Erreygers concentration index, concentration index, and horizontal inequity index are used to examine inequalities in informal care. A random effects model is then used to investigate the relationship between household income and informal care.

Results

There is no significant association between household income and the probability of receiving informal care. However, we observed a significant positive association between household income and hours of informal care received, indicating that those with higher hous

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature