Marital Status and Personal Well-Being: A Literature Review

Coombs, Robert H.

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“…Married people are considered to have life protection supports such as financial, emotional, and health (Stack & Eshleman, 1998) which make them stronger to face many problems in daily life. This is in line with the protection support hypotheses from Coombs (1991) and married protection hypotheses from Stack & Eshleman (1998). The study also finds that there is no gender effect on happiness.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

Rahayu

Harmadi

2016

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The purpose of the study is to analyze the effect of income, health, education, and social capital on happiness in Indonesia. The data was taken from National Survey of Social Economic conducted by National Bureau of Statistics of Indonesia in 2012. Ordered probit model was used as estimation technique due to ordinal dependent variable and normal distribution of error assumption. The findings show happiness is affected by absolute income, physical perceived health status, mental health, medium and high level of education, trust in leader, participation on society's activities, tolerance, and help for and from others. However relative income, gender, household head, junior high school, and trust to neighbors do not have significant effect on happiness. Easterlin paradox does not exist in Indonesia because income has positive impact on happiness. Satisfaction on works, financial, family harmony, and leisure time also have significant effect on happiness. Satisfaction on family harmony is the most important factor than others. From demographic variables, it was known that happiness is not different across gender, household head, and low education people. People who are married, live in urban areas, live outside Java and Bali islands, and have more children are found happier. Happiness-age relationship indicates U-shaped curve. Happiness tends to decrease over time until people reach 51 years old. For all three level of happiness, some predictors do not have significant marginal effect on happiness namely relative income, gender, low education level, and trust to neighbors. Meanwhile the variables of household head and number of infant are not robust.

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confidence: 75%

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

Rahayu

Harmadi

2016

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“…Among the predisposing factors, never having been married or being a widow/widower was associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization. This is somewhat surprising since married persons, especially men, have been shown to have better emotional and physical health than unmarried persons (Coombs, 1991;Iloabuchi, Mi, Tu, & Counsell, 2014). Married persons even tend to live longer, have shorter hospital stays (Gordon & Rosenthal, 1995) and higher 90-day survival rates after hospital admission (Metersky, Fine, & Mortensen, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 85%

Factors associated with hospitalization risk among community living middle aged and older persons: Results from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)

Hällgren

Fransson

Kåreholt

et al. 2016

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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PostprintThis is the accepted version of a paper published in Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print). This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Citation for the original published paper (version of record):Hallgren, J., Fransson, E I., Kåreholt, I., Reynolds, C A., Pedersen, N L. et al. (2016) Factors associated with hospitalization risk among community living older persons: results from the Swedish Adoption/TwinStudy of Aging (SATSA). Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print AbstractThe aims of the present study were to: (1) describe and compare individual characteristics of hospitalized and not hospitalized community living persons, and (2) to determine factors that are associated with hospitalization risk over time. We conducted a prospective study with a multifactorial approach based on the population-based longitudinal Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA). A total of 772 Swedes (mean age at baseline 69.7 years, range 46-103, 59.8% females) answered a postal questionnaire about physical and psychological health, personality and socioeconomic factors. During nine years of follow-up, information on hospitalizations and associated diagnoses were obtained from national registers. Results show that 484 persons (63%) had at least one hospital admission during the follow-up period. The most common causes of admission were cardiovascular diseases (25%) and tumors (22%). Cox proportional hazard regression models controlling for age, sex and dependency within twin pairs, showed that higher age (HR=1.02, p<0.001) and more support from relatives (HR=1.09, p=0.028) were associated with increased risk of hospitalization, while marital status (unmarried (HR=0.75, p=0.033) and widow/widower (HR=0.69, p<0.001)) and support from friends (HR=0.93, p=0.029) were associated with lower risk of hospitalization. Social factors were important for hospitalization risk even when medical factors were controlled for in the analyses. Number of diseases was not a risk in the final regression model. Hospitalization risk was also different for women and men and within different age groups. We believe that these results might be used in future interventions targeting health care utilization. Key wordsHospitalization, prospective design, older persons, marital status, social factors, friends support Highlights• While medical factors are important when predicting hospitalization, social factors matter as well.• Marital status significantly affects hospitalization risk.• Hospitalization risk differs between community-living men and women.• Different factors are associated with hospitalization risk in different age groups.3

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“…Marital status has been consistently linked to personal well-being, even in adults without handicapped children, 19 while the presence of a significant adult companion improved maternal self-reports of wellbeing, satisfaction and competence in mothers of children with spina bifida. 20 Vermais et al 4 too showed that the presence of a partner correlated with fewer psychological symptoms in parents of children with spina bifida.…”

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confidence: 99%

Predictors of parenting stress in mothers of children with spina bifida

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Study design: Prospective cross-sectional multidimensional study using clinical assessment and standard measures. Objectives: To determine the medical and social factors associated with parenting stress among mothers of children with spina bifida. Setting: Spina bifida clinics of two tertiary hospitals in urban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Methods: A total of 81 mothers of children aged 1-18 years completed the Parenting Stress IndexShort Form (PSI/SF). Each child's adaptive skills were assessed using the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS), Interview Edition. Medical and social data were obtained from direct interviews and case note reviews. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to investigate factors that were determinants for high scores in the parental distress (PD), difficult child (DC) and parent-child dysfunctional interaction (P-CDI) subdomains of the PSI/SF. Results were expressed as beta coefficient (b) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Results: Single-parent families (b 8.6, 95% CI 3.4-13.9) and the need for clean intermittent catheterization of bladder (b 3.5, 95% CI 0.7-6.2) were associated with high PD scores. Clean intermittent catheterization (b 3.0, 95% CI 0.5-5.5) was associated with higher DC scores. Lower composite VABS scores (b À0.08, 95% CI À0.02 to À0.15) and mother as the sole caregiver (b 2.6, 95% CI 0.15-4.96) was associated with higher P-CDI scores. Conclusion: The need for clean intermittent catheterization was the only medical factor associated with parenting stress in mothers of children with spina bifida. This was mediated by single parenthood, caregiver status and the child's adaptive skills.

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Marital Status and Personal Well-Being: A Literature Review

Cited by 280 publications

References 105 publications

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

Factors associated with hospitalization risk among community living middle aged and older persons: Results from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)

Predictors of parenting stress in mothers of children with spina bifida

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