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Does it matter where the children are?
— The wellbeing of elderly people 'left behind' by migrant children in Moldova | | Author(s) | Jennifer Waidler, Michaella Vanore, Franziska Cassmann, Melissa Siegal |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 37, no 3, March 2017 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2017 |
| Pages | pp 607-632 |
| Source | cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Children [offspring] ; Migration ; Parents ; Well being ; Indicators ; Correlation ; Moldova. |
| Annotation | The well-being of Moldovan ageing parents 'left behind' by adult migrant children in Moldova is empirically evaluated. Using data from a nationally representative household survey conducted in 2011-12 in Moldova, the well-being outcomes of older individuals aged 60 and older with and without adult children living abroad are compared (N = 1,322). A multi-dimensional well-being index was constructed on the basis of seven indicators within four dimensions of well-being: physical health, housing, social well-being and emotional well-being. Probit regressions were used to predict the probability of an older individual being considered well in each indicator and then on total index level. The results reveal that older people with an adult migrant child have a higher probability of being well in one physical health indicator. However, following correction for the selectivity of migration using an instrumental variable approach, the migration of an adult child is no longer found to predict significantly the older parents' well-being in any dimension, suggesting that migration bears limited consequences for well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170217207 A |
| Classmark | SS: TN: SR: D:F:5HH: 3RI: 49: 7ABM |
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