Gender in old care: comparing sons’ and daughters’ role in parental functional and psychological well-being
Xuyang Du, Hualin Wei, Xianbo Zhang, Conghui Bai · 2025
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Xuyang Du and co-authors ask whether sons and daughters care for aging parents in different ways in this 2025 study. They used four waves of a long survey of older adults in China. The team compared the body and mind health of parents by the gender of the child who cared for them.
Parents cared for by sons showed better day-to-day function but worse mood. When caregiver and parent shared the same gender, parents' mental health was clearly better. Sons' edge on function showed mainly in low-income homes, while daughters' lift to mood showed in high-income ones. City families varied more than country ones. The authors urge care policy that fits these patterns.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xuyang Du, Hualin Wei, Xianbo Zhang, Conghui Bai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |