Research Department, Korea Labor Force Development Institute for the Aged, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Sociology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
J Appl Gerontol. 2023 Nov;42(11):2242-2251. doi: 10.1177/07334648231180846. Epub 2023 Jul 5.
In this study, the relationship between life changes in family members and engagement in economic activities among female older adults was explored in two East Asian countries: China and South Korea. Using panel data from wave 2 (2008) to wave 6 (2016) of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging and wave 1 (2011) to wave 3 (2015) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, a correlated random effects probit model was estimated. The sample included 4,412 observations from South Korea and 1,972 observations from China. The results demonstrate that life changes in family affect engagement in economic activity among female older adults in both countries. However, the influence of family members on economic activity differed between the countries. These results suggest that participation in economic activities among female older adults needs to be understood in different macro-social contexts.
本研究旨在探讨两个东亚国家（中国和韩国）中，家庭成员生活变化与女性老年人参与经济活动之间的关系。利用韩国老龄化纵向研究的第 2 波（2008 年）至第 6 波（2016 年）和中国健康与退休纵向研究的第 1 波（2011 年）至第 3 波（2015 年）的数据，采用相关随机效应概率模型进行了估计。样本包括来自韩国的 4412 个观测值和来自中国的 1972 个观测值。结果表明，家庭生活变化会影响两国女性老年人参与经济活动。然而，家庭成员对经济活动的影响在两国之间存在差异。这些结果表明，需要在不同的宏观社会背景下理解女性老年人的经济活动参与情况。
