Happiness Under One Roof? The Intergenerational Co-residence and Subjective Well-Being of Elders in China
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Older adults still expect care and attention from their adult children, and various kinds of intergenerational support, such as co-residence and daily care, contribute to their well-being.
“This is consistent with existing research (Yuan et al., 2021) showing that older adults still expect care and attention from their adult children, and that various kinds of intergenerational support, like, co-residence and daily care, do contribute to their well-being.”
From Filial Piety, Generativity and Older Adults’ Wellbeing and Loneliness in Denmark and China (2022) · cites this paper as Yuan et al., 2021
Section 6.3 reports improved subjective well-being among Chinese older adults living with adult children and describes a positive role for family care. Section 6.2 says rural elders rely on children for material, physical, and emotional assistance, but the paper does not establish that older adults generally expect care and attention or that daily care independently improves well-being. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Yuan, Z.-Q., Zheng, X., & Hui, E. C. M.
- Affiliations
- Jinan University (CN)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Zheng, Xian
- Venue
- Journal of Happiness Studies
- Published
- 2020-04-28
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 727-765
- ISSN
- 1389-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7780
- OpenAlex
- W3022601601
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7
- FWCI
- 7.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Journal of Happiness Studies (publishedVersion)
- PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- the Ministry of education of Humanities and Social Science (16YJC790149)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71603101)
- Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of the Central South University (Jinan University, No. 19JNQM19)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- intergenerational co-residence, subjective well-being, older adults, living arrangements, urban-rural differences, regional heterogeneity, demographic heterogeneity, Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, endogenous treatment effects
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