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health among older persons in Indonesia. This study aims to examine of this relationship using data collected
through nationwide survey of Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) in 2013 and select respondents aged 60 and above.
Health is measured as self-rated health. Happiness is measured using 2 questions asking about the feeling of
happiness and crying more often than usual. The findings using structural equation for binary outcomes show that
controlling for other variables, the relationship between happiness and self-rated health among older persons in
Indonesia is strongly interdependent. Happy older persons are more likely to be healthy, and vice versa. This
pattern is similar for the two variables of happiness. Socio-economic-demographic variables are significantly
associated with happiness and health. Age has a positive relationship with happiness, but age has a negative
relationship with health. Having a job is important for the psychological well-being of older persons.

1153 Competing Demand on Financial support between Grandparents and
Grandchildren in China: The Importance of Taking a Three-generation Perspective

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Wu Min , Yang Jianlei , Ma Lin
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1 Collaborative Innovation Center for Health Insurance Reform, Hubei university of Economics, Wuha, China.
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2 School of Economics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China. Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou,
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6. Family Formation and Dissolution, Family and Kinship

Abstract

Many Chinese middle-aged adults are in the situation of supporting the elderly and raising dependent children.
With family resource constraints, there is a competition and conflict between the elderly and the young. Using data
from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey conducted in 2014, the study explore the association of having
underage grandchildren (the third generation) and financial support receiving from adult children (the second
generation) for the elderly (the first generation). Results show that downward intergenerational support is mainly
existing in the family and adult children receive more financial support from their old parents. Having underage
grandchildren negatively associated with the financial support receiving from adult children for the elderly.
Financial support from adult children for the oldest old is significantly higher than that of the young old. Judging
from the interaction between age and underage grandchildren, the oldest old who has underage grandchildren
do not show any advantages of intra-household resource allocation. These imply that Chinese family resources
are transferring from the old to the younger generation, and the traditional concept “fostering you young,
raising me old” has greatly changed in the modern society.

1432 Socioeconomic factor, ageism, and happiness of Thai older persons

Jirawan Phuaphae, Yothin Sawangdee

Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Nakhon pathom, Thailand