Marriage, parenthood and social network: subjective well-being and mental health in old age
Parenthood, marital status and social networks have been shown to relate to the well-being and mental health of older people. Using a large sample of respondents aged 50 and older from 16 European countries, we identify the associations of well-being and mental health with family status. Making use...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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July 24, 2019
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PLOS ONE
Year: 2019, Volume: 14, Issue: 7 |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0218704 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218704 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218704 
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| Author Notes: | Christoph Becker, Isadora Kirchmaier, Stefan T. Trautmann |
| Summary: | Parenthood, marital status and social networks have been shown to relate to the well-being and mental health of older people. Using a large sample of respondents aged 50 and older from 16 European countries, we identify the associations of well-being and mental health with family status. Making use of detailed social network data of the respondents, we also identify how different social support networks correlate with the well-being and health indicators. We observe positive associations for all network types, over and beyond any direct associations of family status with well-being. Results suggest that non-residential children are important providers of social support for their parents at older age. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 20.09.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0218704 |