Financial transfers from adult children and depressive symptoms among mid-aged and elderly residents in China - evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 882
• Main Authors: Wu, Yue, Dong, Wanyue, Xu, Yongjian, Fan, Xiaojing, Su, Min, Gao, Jianmin, Zhou, Zhongliang, Niessen, Louis, Wang, Yiyang, Wang, Xiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.07.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Adult Children; Adults; Aged; Aging; Alzheimer's disease; CHARLS; Child; Child Care; Child health; Children; China; Correlation analysis; Depression (Mood disorder); Depression - economics; Depressive symptoms; Families & family life; Family Characteristics; Female; Geriatrics; Gift Giving; Health Surveys; Humans; Inter-generational transfer; Linear Models; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Mid-aged and elderly residents; Middle Aged; Multilevel model; Older parents; Older people; Parents; Parents & parenting; Psychological aspects; Public health; Retirement; Retirement - economics; Retirement - psychology; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; Studies; China; Europe; Depressive symptoms; Inter-generational transfer; Mid-aged and elderly residents; China; CHARLS; Multilevel model

Although the awareness of mental health problems in late life is rising, the association between financial transfers to the older generations from children and mental health at older ages in China has received little attention. This study examines the association between financial transfers from chi...