Marriage, parenthood and social network

• Verfasst von: Becker, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kirchmaier, Isadora [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Trautmann, Stefan T. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Marriage, parenthood and social network
• Titelzusatz: subjective well-being and mental health in old age
• Verf.angabe: Christoph Becker, Isadora Kirchmaier, Stefan T. Trautmann
• E-Jahr: 2019
• Jahr: July 24, 2019
• Umfang: 20 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 20.09.2019
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: PLOS ONE
• Ort Quelle: San Francisco, California, US : PLOS, 2006
• Jahr Quelle: 2019
• Band/Heft Quelle: 14(2019,7) Artikel-Nummer e0218704, 20 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 1932-6203
• DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218704
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Behavioral and social aspects of health
• Sach-SW: Children
• Sach-SW: Depression
• Sach-SW: Human families
• Sach-SW: Mental health and psychiatry
• Sach-SW: Quality of life
• Sach-SW: Social networks
• Sach-SW: Socioeconomic aspects of health
• K10plus-PPN: 1677412879
• K10plus-PPN:
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Abstract

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.