TY - JOUR
T1 - Education, adult children's education, and depressive symptoms among older adults in rural China
AU - Pei, Yaolin
AU - Cong, Zhen
AU - Wu, Bei
N1 - Funding Information:
We also controlled the financial support from older adults to children and instrumental exchanges between older adults and their adult children. Financial support to children was accessed by a dummy variable indicating that the older adult provided at least some financial support to a child (0 = no financial support provided, 1 = provided some financial support).
Funding Information:
The project was supported partly by grants from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (R03TW01060), internal grants from the University of Southern California and Xi'an Jiaotong University, and the Natural Science Foundation of China (71573207 and 71273205). We would like to thank Drs. Merril Silverstein, Shuzhuo Li, Iris Chi, and Dongmei Zuo for their invaluable contributions to this project.
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PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - This study examines whether children's education amplifies the effect of older adults' own education on their later life depressions in rural China. Data derives from six waves of panel data (2001, 2003 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015) from the Longitudinal Study of Older Adults in Anhui Province, China. Random effect models showed that both older adults' own education and adult children's education had direct effects on depressive symptoms of older adults. Older adults' education influenced children's education, and in turn influenced intergenerational support from children, which consequently influenced depressive symptoms of older adults. Taken together, children's education amplifies the effect of older adults' own education on their depressive symptoms in rural China. This process increases health inequalities among older adults as a result of associated educational achievements in two generations. Educational policy should promote the equality of educational attainment of individuals in the future.
AB - This study examines whether children's education amplifies the effect of older adults' own education on their later life depressions in rural China. Data derives from six waves of panel data (2001, 2003 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015) from the Longitudinal Study of Older Adults in Anhui Province, China. Random effect models showed that both older adults' own education and adult children's education had direct effects on depressive symptoms of older adults. Older adults' education influenced children's education, and in turn influenced intergenerational support from children, which consequently influenced depressive symptoms of older adults. Taken together, children's education amplifies the effect of older adults' own education on their depressive symptoms in rural China. This process increases health inequalities among older adults as a result of associated educational achievements in two generations. Educational policy should promote the equality of educational attainment of individuals in the future.
KW - Children's education
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Education
KW - Intergenerational support
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112966
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112966
M3 - Article
C2 - 32247217
AN - SCOPUS:85082722080
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 253
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
M1 - 112966
ER -