Impacts of Social Participation on Self-Rated Health of Aging Women in China: With a Mediating Role of Caring for Grandchildren

Tian, Shuliu; Xu, Lei; Wu, Xiangling

doi:10.3390/ijerph18115790

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“…In addition, some control variables are also considered. In order to test the mechanism of agricultural water rebound effect, mediator variables are used in the econometrics model [ 47 , 48 ]. Hence, the mediation model is considered, which can be defined as follows:

where i denotes province and t denotes year.…”

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Agricultural Water Use Efficiency and Rebound Effect: A Study for China

Yang

Song

2021

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Agricultural water use accounts for the largest proportion of water withdrawal, so improving agricultural water use efficiency is an important way to alleviate water shortage. However, the expected water saving by the improved agricultural water use efficiency may be offset by the rebound effect, which means the goal of water saving by improving agricultural water use efficiency is not achieved. Based on the definition of the rebound effect of agricultural water use, this paper first uses a fixed model to measure the causal effect of agricultural water use efficiency on agricultural water use to analyze the agricultural water rebound effect, then analyses the heterogeneity and mechanism of the effect of agricultural water use efficiency on agricultural water use with the panel data from 30 provinces or cities in China from 2000 to 2017. The results show that, firstly, the agricultural water use efficiency has a significant negative effect on agricultural water use, but the average agricultural water rebound effect is 88.81%. Secondly, the effect of agricultural water use efficiency on agricultural water use is heterogeneous, in which the improvement of agricultural water use efficiency in humid or major grain-producing areas will have a lower agricultural water rebound effect. Finally, agricultural water use efficiency can affect agricultural water use through planting area and planting structure. An increase in agricultural water use efficiency will expand the planting area to increase water use. However, this will change the planting structure to decrease water use. The implication for agricultural water management is that the irrigation agricultural scale has to be controlled under the condition of available water resource, while improving agricultural water use efficiency.

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where i denotes province and t denotes year.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Water Use Efficiency and Rebound Effect: A Study for China

Yang

Song

2021

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“…Specifically, in the questionnaire, the variable was measured by the question: "Have you or your spouse spent time caring for your grandchildren in the past year?". Assign 1 for "Yes" and 0 for "No" [53].…”

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The Protective Effect of Caring for Grandchildren on the Mental Health of the Elderly: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

Yang

Yin

2022

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Population aging has become a common problem all over the world, and the process of China’s population aging is developing rapidly. China has made active aging a national development strategy, giving full attention to the physical and mental health of the elderly. Bloodline and family continuity make the Chinese elderly attach great importance to the responsibility of caring for grandchildren. This study takes the elderly as the research center, and aims to investigate the relationship between caring for grandchildren and the mental health of the elderly in China, and whether participation in social activities mediates such an association. Adopting the data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a Chi-squared test and multiple regression results showed that caring for grandchildren significantly improved the mental health level of the elderly in China, and the results were still valid after the use of the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to solve the endogenous problems. Analysis of the mediating effects using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) showed that caring for grandchildren indirectly contributed to the reduction of depression by increasing the diversity and frequency of participation in social activities. The constant adjustment of China’s fertility policy increases the possibility of the elderly caring for multiple grandchildren, and prolongs their time of caring for grandchildren. The elderly caring for grandchildren is a proactive choice, which continuously relieves the child-rearing stress, and highlights the family value and social value of the elderly. At the same time, raising and accompanying grandchildren makes the elderly’s lives more fulfilling and positive, which in turn promotes participation in social activities, and the mental health of the elderly.

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“…In terms of physical function, numerous studies have shown that social participation is bene cial to the physical health of older adults [29][30] . By participating in social activities, the elderly can reduce the time of sedentary or increase the time of activity [31] , which is conducive to unblocking blood and moving muscles and bones, while helping the elderly to maintain a sunny attitude towards life, and their physical functions can be maintained in good condition. Li et al found through an empirical study that social engagement enables older adults to receive more social support, which in turn reduces the incidence of their symptoms such as depression and anxiety [32] .…”

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The influence of social participation on the health of empty nesters in China

Luo

Cheng

2022

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In the dual context of healthy aging and active aging, the article uses research data from the 2018 China Health and Aging Tracking Survey (CHARLS) to analyze the effects of different types of social participation on the health of empty nesters based on activity theory. The findings show that economic participation, social participation and family participation have significant effects on the health of empty nesters, but voluntary participation has no significant effects; there is variability in social participation on health under different dimensions, and social participation has more significant effects on the physical health of empty nesters. The above results remain robust after applying the instrumental variables approach to address endogeneity, which suggests that activity theory in enhancing the health of empty nesters through social participation can help to actively address the challenges of aging. Based on this, the article suggests the need to create a favorable social atmosphere for social participation of empty nesters, strengthen institutional construction, and provide strong legal protection; children should take the initiative to create conditions for their parents' social participation; and empty nesters should use their own work and participation abilities to partially or fully solve their health problems through their own behaviors.

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Impacts of Social Participation on Self-Rated Health of Aging Women in China: With a Mediating Role of Caring for Grandchildren

Cited by 16 publications

References 56 publications

Agricultural Water Use Efficiency and Rebound Effect: A Study for China

Agricultural Water Use Efficiency and Rebound Effect: A Study for China

The Protective Effect of Caring for Grandchildren on the Mental Health of the Elderly: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

The influence of social participation on the health of empty nesters in China

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