Family Ties and Health Cross-Nationally: The Contextualizing Role of Familistic Culture and Public Pension Spending in Europe
| dc.contributor.author | Mair, Christine A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-07T14:07:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-07T14:07:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-09-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives. Although previous research theorizes that cross-national variation in the relationship between family ties and health is due to nation-level differences in culture and policy/economics, no study has examined this theorization empirically. Method. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this study uses multilevel modeling to analyze individual-, nation-, and cross-level effects for 30,291 older adults in 14 nations. Results. Family ties to spouses/partners and parents are associated with better health, but ties to coresident children are associated with poorer health in certain contexts. Familistic culture and public pension spending have a weak but statistically significant moderating effect on the relationship between intergenerational family ties and health. Discussion. This article underscores the complexity of family and highlights the need for continued theorization and measurement at the nation level to promote older adults’ health in diverse contexts. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This article uses data from SHARELIFE release 2.5.0, as of May 24th, 2011. The SHARE data collection has been primarily funded by the European Commission through the 5th framework programme (project QLK6-CT-2001-00360 in the thematic programme Quality of Life), through the 6th framework programme (projects SHARE-I3, RII-CT2006–062193, COMPARE, CIT5-CT-2005–028857, and SHARELIFE, CIT4-CT-2006–028812), and through the 7th framework programme (SHARE-PREP, 211909 and SHARE-LEAP, 227822). Additional funding from the U.S. National Institute on Aging (U01 AG09740-13S2, P01 AG005842, P01 AG08291, P30 AG12815, Y1-AG-4553-01 and OGHA 04-064, IAG BSR06-11, R21 AG025169) as well as from various national sources is gratefully acknowledged (see www.share-project.org for a full list of funding institutions). | |
| dc.description.uri | https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/68/6/984/657690 | |
| dc.format.extent | 13 pages | |
| dc.genre | journal articles | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2m8wf-vilx | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mair, Christine A. “Family Ties and Health Cross-Nationally: The Contextualizing Role of Familistic Culture and Public Pension Spending in Europe.” The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 68, no. 6 (November 1, 2013): 984–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbt085. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbt085 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/35207 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health | |
| dc.title | Family Ties and Health Cross-Nationally: The Contextualizing Role of Familistic Culture and Public Pension Spending in Europe | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8813-6532 |