Hezel, Pauline (2020) Family support and mental well-being among adult and elderly men and women in India. Master thesis.
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Abstract
The incidence of mental disorders is rising globally and poses multiple challenges for societies all over the world. In India, a lack of public support, an overstretched health-care system as well as culturally rooted kin structures, put the family first in terms of providing care. This master thesis uses the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India to examine the role of familial support on the mental well-being of adults aged 45 and older in India. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of capital as a base, the forms of support are split into economic and emotional. The mental well-being is measured with a summary index according to the CES-D. As expected, high emotional support and closeness with many family members are positively associated the mental well-being. In contrast, receiving economic support from the familial network shows a negative association with the mental well-being. Furthermore, the educational level is decisive for the mental well-being outcomes and covers up eventual gender effects.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Population Studies |
| Supervisor: | Vogt, T.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2020 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Sep 2020 06:53 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3343 |
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