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Marriage, parenthood and social network: Subjective well-being and mental health in old age

Becker,Christoph
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Kirchmaier,Isadora
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Trautmann,Stefan T.
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Parenthood, marital status and social networks have been shown to relate to the well-being and mental health of older people. Using a large sample of respondents aged 50 and older from 16 European countries, we identify the associations of well-being and mental health with family status. Making use of detailed social network data of the respondents, we also identify how different social support networks correlate with the well-being and health indicators. We observe positive associations for all network types, over and beyond any direct associations of family status with well-being. Results suggest that non-residential children are important providers of social support for their parents at older age.
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2019-07
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Becker, C, Kirchmaier, I & Trautmann, S T 2019, 'Marriage, parenthood and social network : Subjective well-being and mental health in old age', PLOS ONE, vol. 14, no. 7, e0218704. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218704
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/71648
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