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Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in China
The population in China has been aging rapidly over the past two decades, raising concerns about how to meet the health and long-term care needs of the growing older adult population. The productive aging framework has been applied to promote the active roles that older adults can play in society an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30038952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778202 |
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author | Tang, Fengyan Chen, Huajuan Zhang, Yalu Mui, Ada C. |
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description | The population in China has been aging rapidly over the past two decades, raising concerns about how to meet the health and long-term care needs of the growing older adult population. The productive aging framework has been applied to promote the active roles that older adults can play in society and to improve physical and psychological well-being. Employment, as an essential form of productive aging, is central to personal control, self-identify, economic resources, and social connectedness. However, there is no clear role or accommodation for older workers in China due to the mandatory retirement policy and traditional culture of gender roles. Using the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1 data, we examined the relationship between employment and life satisfaction in middle- and old-aged Chinese. Multiple regression analyses indicated that employment and certain work characteristics were positively related to life satisfaction in both the total and male samples. Overall, rural residents had higher levels of satisfaction than urban residents after equalizing socioeconomic resources and health. Policy and practice implications are discussed on how to improve life satisfaction through employment and how to address gender and residency gaps. |
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spelling | pubmed-60508142018-07-23 Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in China Tang, Fengyan Chen, Huajuan Zhang, Yalu Mui, Ada C. Gerontol Geriatr Med PINE Study - Quality of Life The population in China has been aging rapidly over the past two decades, raising concerns about how to meet the health and long-term care needs of the growing older adult population. The productive aging framework has been applied to promote the active roles that older adults can play in society and to improve physical and psychological well-being. Employment, as an essential form of productive aging, is central to personal control, self-identify, economic resources, and social connectedness. However, there is no clear role or accommodation for older workers in China due to the mandatory retirement policy and traditional culture of gender roles. Using the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1 data, we examined the relationship between employment and life satisfaction in middle- and old-aged Chinese. Multiple regression analyses indicated that employment and certain work characteristics were positively related to life satisfaction in both the total and male samples. Overall, rural residents had higher levels of satisfaction than urban residents after equalizing socioeconomic resources and health. Policy and practice implications are discussed on how to improve life satisfaction through employment and how to address gender and residency gaps. SAGE Publications 2018-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6050814/ /pubmed/30038952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778202 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | PINE Study - Quality of Life Tang, Fengyan Chen, Huajuan Zhang, Yalu Mui, Ada C. Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in China |
title | Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in
China |
title_full | Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in
China |
title_fullStr | Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in
China |
title_full_unstemmed | Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in
China |
title_short | Employment and Life Satisfaction Among Middle- and Old-Aged Adults in
China |
title_sort | employment and life satisfaction among middle- and old-aged adults in
china |
topic | PINE Study - Quality of Life |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30038952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778202 |
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