Song Qian
1 Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.
J Aging Health. 2017 Oct;29(7):1182-1213. doi: 10.1177/0898264316659964. Epub 2016 Jul 19.
When examining the depressive symptoms of left-behind elderly, this article goes beyond a focus on disruption to traditional patterns of living arrangements and investigates the heterogeneities in the patterns of migration distance, as well as the role of community contexts in buffering the loss of migrant children's support.
This study uses the first wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, and employs random effects multi-level modeling.
Having migrant children is associated with increased depressive symptoms among older adults, above and beyond living arrangements. Having their migrant children all live outside the province further puts older adults in disadvantaged mental conditions. This disadvantage can be further compounded by residence in impoverished communities.
In assessing depression among rural older adults in China, examination of living arrangements may be insufficient. It may be necessary to reference to children's migration status as well as community poverty levels.
在研究留守儿童家庭中老年人的抑郁症状时，本文超越了对传统生活安排被打乱的关注，调查了迁移距离模式的异质性，以及社区环境在缓冲留守儿童支持缺失方面的作用。
本研究使用了中国健康与养老追踪调查的第一波数据，并采用随机效应多层次模型。
有外出务工子女与老年人抑郁症状增加有关，这一影响超出了生活安排的范畴。子女都在省外务工使老年人处于更不利的心理状态。居住在贫困社区会进一步加剧这种不利状况。
在中国农村老年人抑郁症评估中，仅考察生活安排可能并不充分。可能有必要参考子女的迁移状况以及社区贫困水平。
