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KMID : 1100920180390030191
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2018 Volume.39 No. 3 p.191 ~ p.199
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Influence of Offspring on Self-Rated Health among Older Adults: Evidence from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006?2012)
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Kim Jae-Hyun
Park Eun-Ah
Lee Yun-Hwan
Lee Sang-Gyu
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Loneliness, Adult Children, Parents, Self Report, Health Status, Life Style
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