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Although research has recognized the influence of geographic proximity on intergenerational support in Chinese families, the effect of siblings' geographic proximity remains unexplored. Guided by the within-family differences approach, this study uses data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study to examine how the relativity of children's and their siblings' geographic proximity is associated with children's support to older parents and how the association differs by child gender. Results show that living relatively farther among siblings is associated with providing less economic support and have less contact with parents, but this negative effect is less prominent on sons' economic support and daughters' contact with parents. Having siblings living at the same distance also affects children's support behaviors. The findings reveal that support responsibilities could be differentially distributed by children's relative living proximity among siblings and indicate the importance of considering sibling influences when studying intergenerational support in Chinese families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: To identify the interrelations between the trajectories of social isolation and dementia in older adults. Methods: Data came from the National Health and Aging Trends Study 2011–2018 surveys. Group-based dual trajectory modeling was used to examine trajectories and their interrelations. Results: Four trajectories of social isolation—rarely isolated (62.2%), steady increase (13.5%), steady decrease (7.4%), and persistently isolated (16.9%) and dementia risk—persistently low risk (80.4%), increasing with early onset (3.9%), increasing with late onset (4.5%), and persistently high risk (11.2%) emerged. Two-thirds of the low-risk dementia group were in the rarely isolated group. The high-risk dementia group had the most overlap with the decreasing social isolation group (47%), followed by the persistently isolated group (28%). Conclusions: Social isolation and dementia mostly evolved in the same direction. However, the pattern of associations between these trajectories is intricate and may be reversed among long-term dementia survivors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2012), we utilise latent class analysis to develop time-use class membership to characterise the degree to which women in Cebu are subject to the double burden of work and family responsibilities in mid- and later life. Results suggest that close to a third of the sample are engaged in high-intensity work for pay (either outside or home-based), while combining it with a substantial amount of household chores and with a low level of personal time in a span of 18 years. Our latent transition analysis also shows that, with the addition of grandchildren into the household, some women experience a shift in time-use class membership by becoming high-intensity care-givers or by completely transitioning out of the work arena, while others remain double-burdened with active involvement in both work and family responsibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The health implications of multigenerational coresidence for older adults is a well-researched topic in the aging literature. Much less is known of its impact for women in midlife. We used data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Study (2002, 2005, 2007, and 2012) to study the influence of transitions in multigenerational household composition on depressive symptoms for women in midlife transitioning into old age. Our initial analysis showed little effect when we use the conventional classification of nuclear versus extended family and transition in and out of extended family. When we described shifts in the family environment by compositional changes, that is, change in the presence and absence of particular family members, we found significant association between depressive symptoms and two types of role transitions: the loss of a spouse in the household and the entry and exit of grandchildren in the household. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]