Mustafa Akif, Shekhar Chander
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
Department of Fertility Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
J Aging Health. 2024 Sep 12:8982643241283984. doi: 10.1177/08982643241283984.
To examine the relationship between children's educational attainment and the risk of food insecurity among older parents and to determine if this relationship varies by the sex and residence of the children. This study utilized data from the Longitudinal Ageing Survey in India (LASI, 2017-18), comprising 25,914 individuals aged 60+ with at least one living child. Logistic regression, interaction analysis, and propensity score matching were employed to achieve the study's objectives. Having a child with higher education (undergraduate or above) was associated with a 35% reduction in the odds of parents experiencing food insecurity. This negative relationship was significant for both sons' and daughters' education, with daughters' education having higher effect size. In a country like India, characterized by a weak welfare system but a strong collectivist family culture, children's education may play an important role in ensuring older parents' food security.
研究老年父母子女的教育程度与粮食不安全风险之间的关系，并确定这种关系是否因子女的性别和居住地而异。本研究使用了印度纵向老龄化调查（LASI，2017 - 18年）的数据，该调查涵盖了25914名60岁及以上且至少有一个在世子女的个体。采用逻辑回归、交互分析和倾向得分匹配来实现研究目标。有受过高等教育（本科及以上）的子女会使父母经历粮食不安全的几率降低35%。这种负相关关系在儿子和女儿的教育方面都很显著，女儿的教育影响更大。在像印度这样福利体系薄弱但集体主义家庭文化浓厚的国家，子女的教育可能在确保老年父母的粮食安全方面发挥重要作用。
