Is giving or receiving psychologically beneficial to older mothers in South Korea? Importance of marital status.
J Women Aging
; 29(2): 137-149, 2017.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27455120
ABSTRACT
In order to understand intergenerational financial transfers and subjective well-being for older mothers, this study argues that marital status is an important factor to be considered. Using the first wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA), this study finds that married older mothers report higher levels of life satisfaction when they provide economic support but widowed older mothers feel higher levels of life satisfaction when they receive economic support. Also, regular or irregular financial support appears to also matter in the associations between financial support and life satisfaction. These findings suggest that married and widowed older mothers have different viewpoints about the parent-children relationship.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Personal Satisfaction
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Financial Support
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Intergenerational Relations
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Marital Status
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Gift Giving
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Mothers
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
J Women Aging
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
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SAUDE DA MULHER
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
South Korea