title: Life satisfaction of older Chinese adults living in rural communities.
abstract: Guided by the socio-environmental theoretical framework, this study examined factors associated with life satisfaction experienced by older Chinese adults living in rural communities. The data used in this study were extracted from the Sample Survey on Aged Population in Urban/Rural China conducted by the China Research Center on Aging in 2000. This study included 10,084 rural older adults in mainland China. In this study 60.2 % of rural older adults were satisfied with their lives. Results from a multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that life satisfaction reported by rural older Chinese adults was significantly related to education, financial resources, self-rated health, financial support from children, satisfaction with children's support, house sitting for their children, visiting neighbors, and being invited to dinner by neighbors. Research and policy implications of these findings are also discussed.
authors: School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1010 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. hongli@uiuc.edu
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Li
authors: Iris
authors: I
authors: Chi
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
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