Social participation, willingness and quality of life: A population‐based study among older adults in rural areas of China

Cui, Yanjie; Liang, Ling; Zhong, Qi; Li, Jie; Li, Yuancheng; Lv, Xiaofeng; Huang, Fen

doi:10.1111/ggi.12939

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“…This study outlined significant differences in the patterns of SP between urban and rural areas: compared with urban respondents, rural respondents were much less likely to take part in social activities, and the gap was especially significant in mah-jong or cards clubs, sports or social clubs and Internet use. This finding is in line with prior studies (Guo et al, 2018;He et al, 2017;Meng & Chen, 2014;Vogelsang, 2016).…”

Section: Patterns Of Social Participation In Urban and Rural Areassupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Internet infrastructure, but the poorer community infrastructure failed to provide sufficient encouragement and opportunities for rural residents to widely participate in social activities (Bowling & Stafford, 2007;He et al, 2017).…”

Section: Patterns Of Social Participation In Urban and Rural Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Combining these two findings, we speculate that joining sports and social clubs is a relatively popular type of SP in urban areas. One who takes part in activities such as square dance and Tai Chi tends to be accompanied by others in the community (He et al, 2017). The social interaction may help them establish their own social networks, and therefore, develop a sense of belonging (Zhang & Chen, 2014).…”

Section: Association Between Social Participation and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Melancholy or mahjong? Diversity, frequency, type, and rural-urban divide of social participation and depression in middle- and old-aged Chinese: A fixed-effects analysis

Wang

Chen

Zhou

et al. 2019

Social Science & Medicine

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The potential benefit of social participation (SP) to one's mental health has been widely acknowledged. Nevertheless, the specific type and amount of SP that is associated with improved depressive symptoms in middle-and old-aged Chinese awaits further investigation. This study aimed to understand the patterns of depression and SP by comparing urban vs rural China, and according to which, measure the associations between changes in SP and that in depressive symptoms. A total of 10,988 community residents aged 45 years and above were selected from wave 1 (2011), wave 2 (2013), and wave 4 (2015) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a nationally representative survey. The fixed-effects analysis was used to explore the association between the changes in diversity, frequency, and type of SP and the changes in depressive symptoms. The results indicated that rural respondents suffered from a significantly higher risk of depression and took less SP than their urban counterparts. Transitioning from no SP to 1 or more types of SP or to a once a week or higher frequency was associated with a decline in depressive symptoms. For urban respondents, playing mah-jong or cards and joining sports or social clubs predicted a decline in depressive symptoms. For rural residents, interacting with friends regularly was associated with fewer depressive symptoms. In conclusion, more diverse and higher frequency of SP was associated with better mental health, while the social significance of SP varied across different types of SP and between rural and urban areas.

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Section: Patterns Of Social Participation In Urban and Rural Areassupporting

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Section: Patterns Of Social Participation In Urban and Rural Areasmentioning

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Melancholy or mahjong? Diversity, frequency, type, and rural-urban divide of social participation and depression in middle- and old-aged Chinese: A fixed-effects analysis

Wang

Chen

Zhou

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Social Science & Medicine

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“…Previous studies [13,26] showed that rural older people were less socially active than urban older people. However, previous studies state that bonding social capital comprising a connection between community members is often stronger among rural older adults, resulting in community strength [27,28]. In addition, environmental factors such as neighborhood socioeconomic status and access to services and transportation differ in rural and urban areas [29].…”

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Social Participation and Functional Decline: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Older People, Using Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Longitudinal Data

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Tsuji

Kanamori

et al. 2020

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This study compared the relationship between social participation, including work, and incidence of functional decline in rural and urban older people in Japan, by focusing on the number and types of organizations older people participated in. The longitudinal data of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) that followed 55,243 individuals aged 65 years or older for six years were used. The Cox proportional hazards model was employed to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) of the incidence of functional decline over six years and the stratification of rural and urban settings. In this model, we adjusted 13 variables as behavioral, psychosocial, and functional confounders. The more rural and urban older people participated in various organizations, the more they were protected from functional decline. Participation in sports (HR: rural = 0.79; urban = 0.83), hobby groups (HR: rural = 0.76; urban = 0.90), and work (HR: rural = 0.83; urban = 0.80) significantly protected against the incidence of decline in both rural and urban areas. For both rural and urban older people, promoting social participation, such as sports and hobby groups and employment support, seemed to be an important aspect of public health policies that would prevent functional decline.

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“…In regard to demand factors, He et al (2017) indicated that the elderly demand covered economic security, health care maintenance, living care, psychological and social adaptation, education, leisure and social participation, and elderly protection. Cmar, McDonnall, & Crudden (2018) mentioned that those with worse health condition and serious limited functions used more diverse variety of welfare service, with higher use rate.…”

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Applying Big Data Analysis to Discuss the Elderly Social Welfare Service Use Condition and the Relevant Factors

Hou¹,

Chen²,

Luo³

2020

RCIS

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The advance of medical technology and the change in living environment gradually prolong the life expectancy of humans to constantly increase the elderly population in the world. Relevant demands and problems derived from aging are therefore getting emphasized. To cope with the elderly needs, the government sequentially promotes welfare service. Nevertheless, it is still discovered that the welfare service use rate of the elderly is rather low, not achieving the estimated demand. Aiming at the elderly in Guilin, the data in this study are collected and analyzed from social welfare related open information platforms and the analyses and research, publications, or database of government agencies. The relevant data are integrated, analyzed, discussed, and applied to understand the eff ects of indicators and further activate the utilization of data. The research results show remarkable correlations between redisposing factors and service use condition, enabling factors and service use condition, and demand factors and service use condition. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to comprehensively understand the elderly social welfare service use conditions and identify the factors in the elderly service use so as to examine the match of the elderly welfare service with the elderly needs to develop the maximal function of social welfare service.

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Social participation, willingness and quality of life: A population‐based study among older adults in rural areas of China

Cited by 45 publications

References 31 publications

Melancholy or mahjong? Diversity, frequency, type, and rural-urban divide of social participation and depression in middle- and old-aged Chinese: A fixed-effects analysis

Melancholy or mahjong? Diversity, frequency, type, and rural-urban divide of social participation and depression in middle- and old-aged Chinese: A fixed-effects analysis

Social Participation and Functional Decline: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Older People, Using Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Longitudinal Data

Applying Big Data Analysis to Discuss the Elderly Social Welfare Service Use Condition and the Relevant Factors

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