照料父母对中国农村已婚妇女健康状况的影响

摘要

Family care is the primary support to the rural elderly in China, and women have been the main caregivers. In face of government reducing support to the elderly whose number has grown exponentially, women＇s burden of care has increased. We use the ＂Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey＂ （CLHLS） in 2002 and 2005 to examine the impact of care for parents on the health of married women in rural China. We have found that in rural China, compared with those who do not provide care for parents, the women who take care of parents are more likely to report worse health status, and the probability of ＂excellent＂ and ＂good＂ in health conditions will decrease by 7.4%. The health of husband also affects women＇s health. Compared with those whose husband＇s health is poor, the women whose husband＇s health is good are more likely to have good health status, and the probability of ＂excellent＂ and ＂good＂ will increase by 33.77%.%中国农村老人以家庭照料为主，妇女承担了主要的照料责任，政府减少对老年照料的支持以及老年人口的快速增长将会加重女性的照料负担。本文利用2002、2005年“中国老年人健康长寿影响因素调查”（CLHLs）数据研究了照料父母对农村已婚妇女健康的影响。在中国农村，与不照料父母的妇女相比，照料父母的妇女“自评健康状况非常好”及“自评健康状况好”的概率将降低7．4％；与配偶健康水平较差的妇女相比，配偶健康水平好的妇女，“健康状况非常好”、“健康状况好”的自评概率将提高33．77％。