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KMID : 0379220160360010151
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2016 Volume.36 No. 1 p.151 ~ p.172
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The Effects of Self-rated Health Change of Korean Older Adults on the Support Change from Their Children :Focusing on Gender Differences
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Yeom Ji-Hye
Chun Mi-Ae
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Abstract
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The objective of this study is to examine how the change in the self-rated health of older adults affects the support from their children, such as frequency of meeting (emotional), financial support (economic), and hours of caregiving(instrumental), and if these changes differ by gender of older adults. For this study, we used the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aged(KLoSA), from the 1st wave in 2006 to the 4th wave in 2012, selected a total of 3102 (1252 males and 1850 females) study subjects who were 65 year-old and older in the 1st wave and who were in the survival panel through the 4th wave, and used the Latent Growth Curve Model for analysis. The results of this study indicated that the worse the self-rated health of older men at the initial point, the significantly lower the frequency of meeting at the initial point among older men; and it was significantly different by gender groups. Older adults with worse self-rated health at the initial point received significantly less financial support; no difference was found between genders. Also, the worse the self-rated health was at the initial point, the higher the hours of caregiving at the initial point; this path showed a difference by gender. In both older male and female groups, the declining rate of the self-rated health over time significantly affected the rate of increase in the hours of caregiving. However, the female group showed a much higher rate of increase in the hours of caregiving than that of males. Based on the results of this study, older males should be given thoughtful consideration and support as they are shown vulnerable in the support from their children compared to older females.
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KEYWORD
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self-rated health , support from their children , Latent Growth Modeling , gender difference
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