Influence of Offspring on Self-Rated Health among Older Adults: Evidence from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006–2012).
10.4082/kjfm.2018.39.3.191
- Author:
Jae Hyun KIM
1
;
Eun Cheol PARK
;
Yunhwan LEE
;
Sang Gyu LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Health Administration, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Loneliness;
Adult Children;
Parents;
Self Report;
Health Status;
Life Style
- MeSH:
Adult Children;
Adult*;
Aging*;
Female;
Humans;
Life Style;
Loneliness;
Longitudinal Studies*;
Male;
Parents;
Self Report
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2018;39(3):191-199
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether offspring protect or jeopardize in parents. METHODS: We used data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging and performed a longitudinal analysis of 10,236 individuals at baseline (2006) to estimate the association between offspring-related factors and self-rated health among individuals ≥45 years of age. RESULTS: The estimate for self-rated health was 0.612 times lower (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.503–0.746; P < 0.0001) for those with zero offspring. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.736 (95% CI, 0.635–0.853; P < 0.0001) for those with five offspring or more. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.707 (95% CI, 0.528–0.947; P=0.020) for males with zero offspring. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.563 (95% CI, 0.422–0.751; P < 0.001) for females with no offspring and for females with five or more offspring. The estimate for self-rated health was 0.686 times lower (95% CI, 0.573–0.822; P < 0.0001) for those with five or more offspring compared to females with two offspring. CONCLUSION: Those with more offspring (≥5) and those with no offspring tended to have an increased probability of low self-rated health. Overall, our results suggest that offspring have a significant positive effect on self-rated health, which was evident graphically as an inverted U-shape.
