Study on the impact of learning engagement on the subjective wellbeing of empty nesters in rural China
Ruirang Zeng, Huiqin Shi, Huiqi Wu, Lixin Sun · 2024
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Older people in rural China whose children have moved away, the so-called empty nesters, report lower wellbeing than peers whose families stayed. Ruirang Zeng and co-authors test whether taking part in learning lifts that wellbeing in a 2024 study.
The team surveyed older learners, aged fifty and up, in counties where elder learning programs cluster. Empty nesters scored lower on subjective wellbeing and joined learning less actively than non-empty nesters. Yet learning engagement itself had a clear positive effect on their wellbeing. The authors offer the findings as support for expanding village learning programs. Keeping minds busy and social ties warm, they argue, is a practical lever for rural elder policy.
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| CREATOR | Ruirang Zeng, Huiqin Shi, Huiqi Wu, Lixin Sun |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |