Children's education and level of health care utilization among parents: a pooled cross-sectional study from national population-based survey in India.

ABSTRACT: The study of upward spill over on parents of their offspring's education is vital for understanding the family dynamics and role of adult children in the decisions of parents. Such association has widespread implication and application on ageing policies. We use pooled data from population-based cross-sectional health consumption surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization in 2014 and 2018 (rounds 71 and 75, respectively) in this study. The analysis is restricted to individuals aged 60 and above, who are head of the household or their spouse and have children aged 25 years or above. The analysis is carried out for inpatient and outpatient cases separately. For inpatient analysis, the dependent variable is designed as a rank variable representing an increasing level of heal

SUBMITTER: Ambade M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599543 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature