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| Geographic proximity of adult children and the well-being of older persons | | Author(s) | Marieke van der Pers, Clara H Mulder, Naradi Steverink |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 37, no 5, July 2015 |
| Publisher | Sage, July 2015 |
| Pages | pp 524-551 |
| Source | roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Geographical distance ; Children [offspring] ; Parents ; Well being ; Correlation ; Statistical relations ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The importance of adult children living in close geographical proximity to their ageing parents is investigated as a contribution to the discussion of how this affects the well-being of older parents. The authors investigate whether having children at all, and/or having them geographically proximate contributes differently to the well-being of older persons living with and without a partner. The authors enriched survey data from Statistics Netherlands' Permanent Survey on Living Conditions (POLS) (N = 8,379) with Dutch municipal register data. They conducted linear regression models for the association between life satisfaction of people aged 65+ on having children and three different measures of geographic proximity. Having children contributes to the well-being of older men with a partner. There is evidence for a positive association between proximity of children and parental well-being, in particular for widowed and separated mothers and for separated fathers. The findings suggest that close proximity may be a condition under which adult children can significantly add to the well-being of widowed and separated mothers and separated fathers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160429205 A |
| Classmark | RJ: SS: SR: D:F:5HH: 49: 3YH: 76H |
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