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Well‐being loss in informal care for the elderly people: Empirical study from China national baseline CHARLS
Author(s) -
Ouyang Peng,
Sun Wenjun,
Wang Chunlan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/appy.12336
Subject(s) - longitudinal study , happiness , endogeneity , baseline (sea) , china , life satisfaction , gerontology , health care , empirical research , medicine , psychology , economics , economic growth , political science , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , law , econometrics , psychotherapist
Well‐being is an important component of health, while informal care plays a vital role in daily care of the elderly. However, the effects of informal care on the well‐being of the elderly remain unclear. This study was aimed to estimate such effects, in which well‐being was measured by 2 subjective indicators: happiness and life satisfaction. Methods Potential endogeneity was purified using instrumental variables. Data were collected from national baseline China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Results Receiving informal care would decrease the elderly's happiness score and life satisfaction score significantly. The health produced from informal care cannot offset the health depreciation caused by aging. Discussion To improve the well‐being of the elderly, caregivers have more to do and policymakers can design designated care policies based on our results.