TY - JOUR
T1 - Living with parents or grandparents increases social capital and survival
T2 - 2014 General Social Survey-National Death Index
AU - Muennig, Peter
AU - Jiao, Boshen
AU - Singer, Elizabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Introduction After nearly a century-long trend toward single-family living arrangements, people in wealthy nations are increasingly living in multi-generational households. Multi-generational living arrangements can, in theory, increase psychological, social, and financial capital—factors associated with improvements in health and longevity. Methods We conducted a survival analysis using the 2014 General Social Survey-National Death Index, a prospective multi-year survey. We explored whether single generational living arrangements were associated with a higher risk of mortality than multi-generational living arrangements. Results We explored this association for different groups (e.g., the foreign-born and those with high self-reported stress in family relationships). Healthy subjects who live in two-generation households were found to have lower premature mortality (hazard ratio 0.9, 95% confidence interval = 0.82, 0.99). Otherwise, we found little evidence that living arrangements matter for the respondents’ risk of premature mortality. Conclusions Healthy people living in two-generation households have longer survival than healthy people living on their own.
AB - Introduction After nearly a century-long trend toward single-family living arrangements, people in wealthy nations are increasingly living in multi-generational households. Multi-generational living arrangements can, in theory, increase psychological, social, and financial capital—factors associated with improvements in health and longevity. Methods We conducted a survival analysis using the 2014 General Social Survey-National Death Index, a prospective multi-year survey. We explored whether single generational living arrangements were associated with a higher risk of mortality than multi-generational living arrangements. Results We explored this association for different groups (e.g., the foreign-born and those with high self-reported stress in family relationships). Healthy subjects who live in two-generation households were found to have lower premature mortality (hazard ratio 0.9, 95% confidence interval = 0.82, 0.99). Otherwise, we found little evidence that living arrangements matter for the respondents’ risk of premature mortality. Conclusions Healthy people living in two-generation households have longer survival than healthy people living on their own.
KW - Immigrant Health
KW - Social capital and health
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.11.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85036569494
SN - 2352-8273
VL - 4
SP - 71
EP - 75
JO - SSM - Population Health
JF - SSM - Population Health
ER -