Exploring the role of family ties on life satisfaction in later life in Europe

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• dc.contributor.author Solé-Auró, Aïda
• dc.contributor.author Cortina Trilla, Clara
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-15T08:35:37Z
• dc.date.available 2022-11-15T08:35:37Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.description.abstract We analyzed the relationship between family ties and the life satisfaction of people between the ages of 50 and 85 years in 13 European countries. We aim at determining the effects of partnership (being currently in a partnership) and parenthood (having remained childless). We use individual-level data from the sixth wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analyses are restricted to respondents who are partnered or who have ever been married. We apply a multivariate analysis to examine the association of life satisfaction with family ties for men and for women. We add controls for age groups and education level, and we pay special attention to the role of individuals’ network size. Our findings indicate that in all countries, having no partner has the strongest and most negative association with life satisfaction. However, there was no clear association between not having children and life satisfaction across countries. We also find an important role of some protector variables, such as having a strong network which, in most countries, significantly increase one’s life satisfaction. We find that there is a relationship between individuals’ family situation and life satisfaction, but it is restricted to being in a partnership. The protection factor of having a partner improves one’s life satisfaction at older ages much more than protection by having children. This finding can reduce the concern about the long run implications of increasing childlessness among younger cohorts as it is not necessarily associated to a higher risk of low life satisfaction.
• dc.description.sponsorship This study belongs to the multi-country project “Care, Retirement & Wellbeing of Older People across Different Welfare Regimes” (CREW) (PCIN-2016-005; PI: Aïda Solé-Auró) founded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness within the second Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives”. The authors acknowledge funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (PCIN-2016-005) within the second Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives” and from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, the Spanish Research Agency and ERDF through the project “Socio-Demographic Consequences of the Great Recession: Altered Class and Gender Relations?” (RECECON), CSO2016-80484-R (AEI/FEDER,UE).
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• dc.identifier.citation Solé-Auró A, Cortina C. Exploring the role of family ties on life satisfaction in later life in Europe. Journal of Family Research. 2019;31(2):180-98. DOI: 10.3224/zff.v31i2.04
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/zff.v31i2.04
• dc.identifier.issn 2699-2337
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54856
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher University of Bamberg Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Family Research. 2019;31(2):180-98
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2016-80484-R
• dc.rights This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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• dc.subject.keyword Family ties
• dc.subject.keyword Life satisfaction
• dc.subject.keyword Europe
• dc.subject.keyword Old people
• dc.title Exploring the role of family ties on life satisfaction in later life in Europe
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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