Living Arrangement and Dietary Quality of the Rural Elderly in China——Based on the Perspective of Intergenerational Interaction
Currently,the phenomenon of the elderly living alone is widespread in rural China,and the problem of low dietary quality is prominent.The data of Chinese Rural Revitalization Survey of 10 provinces in 2020 are used to analyze the impact of living arrangements on the dietary quality of rural elderly.Besides,a model of two-way intergenerational interaction is constructed to illustrate this problem.The empirical results show that the living arrangement significantly affected the dietary quality,compared with living alone,living together with sons and daughters reduced the level of dietary quality of the elderly instead of improving it.After controlling and testing the endogenous problem with instrumental variables,the results were still robust.The influence mechanism behind it can be explained by the two-way intergenerational interaction of parents and offspring.Intergenerational tilt and exploitation were the important influence channel for the dietary quality decline of the rural elderly.Moreover,the heterogeneity analysis of divided samples found that living alone can improve the dietary quality of rural elderly who are younger,married and male.Therefore,it is necessary to ensure and improve the dietary quality of the rural elderly with different living arrangement.By promoting the construction of a socialized elderly care system and other measures,the rural elderly can enjoy high-quality life.
the rural elderlyliving arrangementdietary qualityintergenerational interaction
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