The Effect Of Living Arrangement On The Health Of The Elderly

Population aging is a prominent global social issue for a long time now and in the future.As a country with a large population,China’s urban-rural dual structure has continued to intensify with the rapid economic and social development.The aging process is characterized by high speed,advanced age,large population base,and large regional differences.In the process of aging,the living pattern of the elderly will change with the changes in the family structure.Due to China’s special national conditions,family pension has always been the most important source of old-age care.However,as people’s family attitudes change and the mobility of the population increases,the proportion of this model is gradually declining.This means that the old people and their children are living together and the tradition of stability in their old age is broken.More and more elderly people are facing Live alone or live with your spouse.Therefore,this paper uses ADL scores,MMSE scores and the self-evaluation health level of the elderly as evaluation indicators to study whether different living patterns have an impact on the health status of the elderly and focus on the effects of living with family members including children and grandchildren.This paper adopts the method of instrumental variables to solve the endogenous problems in the choice of residential mode.The empirical results show that living with children,grandchildren,and other family members will adversely affect the health status of the elderly,and the regression results in sub-samples by region and gender remain.steady.This article believes that the mechanism of influence is that the "alternative care"accompanying the grandsons of the grandchildren distracts the care and attention of the elderly in the family.At the same time,the old people take the responsibility of caring for grandchildren,which is detrimental to the health of the elderly.