title: Urban and rural factors associated with life satisfaction among older Chinese adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compared urban and rural factors associated with life satisfaction among older adults in mainland China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study data were extracted at random from 10% of the Sample Survey on Aged Population in urban/rural China in 2006 for 1980 participants aged 60 and older, including 997 from urban cities and 983 from rural villages.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, 54.6% of urban older adults and 44.1% of rural older adults reported satisfaction with their lives. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that financial strain, depressive symptoms, filial piety, and accessibility of health services were significantly associated with life satisfaction for both urban and rural participants, but age and financial exchange with children were only associated with life satisfaction among urban older adults.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings are consistent with some previous studies that indicated the importance of financial strain, depressive symptoms, filial piety, and accessibility of health services to life satisfaction among the older adults in both urban and rural areas. This study also demonstrated the importance of age and family financial exchange to the life satisfaction of urban older adults.
authors.affiliation: a School of Journalism and Communication , Chongqing University , Chongqing , China.
authors.forename: Chengbo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhaowen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: life satisfaction; older Chinese adults; urban–rural comparison