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Intergenerational Relations and Mental Health among Chinese Older Adults

Authors
Jingyun Ma1, Li Zhang2, *
1School of foreign languages, undergraduate student from Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110819, China
2School of Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, 102249, China
*Corresponding author. Email: Lzhang@cupl.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Li Zhang
Available Online 23 December 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-323-8_84How to use a DOI?
Keywords
older adults; CHARLS; mental health; intergenerational support
Abstract

This study examined data from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to investigate the influence of intergenerational relations on Chinese elders’ depression. The results showed that the average level of depression for elderly women was higher than that of elderly men. The elderly received much more financial support from their adult children than financial support transferred from the elderly to their adult children. Elderly men also received much more financial support than their female counterparts did from their adult children. Regarding instrumental support, about half of the respondents had the experience of taking care of grandchildren. And elderly women reported longer hours of caring grandchildren than elderly men. In terms of emotional support, on average, elderly men and women did not show significant differences in seeing or having contact with their adult children. The regression results showed that financial exchanges or instrumental support to children did not show significant effects on elders’ level of depression.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 7th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 December 2024
ISBN
978-2-38476-323-8
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-323-8_84How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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