How Do Attitudes of Adult Children Toward Long-Term Care Change with Education? International Evidence
Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol.37, no.5, pp.775-795, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 37 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2025
- Doi Number: 10.1080/08959420.2024.2348965
- Journal Name: Journal of Aging and Social Policy
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, CINAHL, Geobase, MEDLINE, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Page Numbers: pp.775-795
- Keywords: Education, filial beliefs, instrumental variables estimation, long-term care
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Global demographic trends indicate that the world population is aging and education acquisition is increasing. For the first time in history, people are expected to spend more years as adults with living parents than as a parent of teenage children, and the average years of schooling have increased dramatically over the past several decades for many countries. Additionally, family-provided care is still the most important form of care to meet care demands worldwide. As strong filial norms could affect older adults’ long-term care decision-making, understanding the link between filial obligations and education is critical under these trends. Using individual data from the World Values Survey and an instrumental variables strategy to account for endogeneity, this study finds that adult children with higher education levels have lower filial beliefs. Since population aging is expected to increase the demand for long-term care services, and education can reduce the supply of family-provided long-term care services, countries must start addressing this gap.