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Whose education counts? — the added impact of adult-child education on physical functioning of older Taiwanese
Author(s)	Zachary Zimmer, Albert I Hermalin, Hui-Sheng Lin
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 1, January 2002
Pages	pp S23-S32
Keywords	Educational status [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Living with family ; Taiwan.
Annotation	Research has implicated education as an important predictor of physical functioning in old age. Older people in Taiwan tend to experience tight familial integration and high rates of adult-child co-residency - more than is typical in Western cultures - which might imply additional influences stemming from the education of children. In this study, a nationally representative sample of older Taiwanese was used to examine the concurrent effects of sharing of health-related information between child and parent, the quality of caregiving efforts, monetary assistance for medical and other services, or other psychosocial avenues. Results suggest that, after adjusting for age, sex and other factors, both child and respondent education associated with the existence of limitations, but the child's education is more important than the parent's when predicting severity of limitations. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020305218 A
Classmark	F:V: CA: C4: KA:SJ: 7DP
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