The power of informal institutions: The impact of clan culture on the depression of the elderly in rural China

doi:10.1016/S2095-3119(21)63626-2

Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2021, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (4): 1107-1118.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(21)63626-2

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收稿日期:2020-08-09 出版日期:2021-04-01 发布日期:2021-03-28

The power of informal institutions: The impact of clan culture on the depression of the elderly in rural China

LIU Xiao-hong¹, WANG Wei-dong², ZHANG Lin-xiu^{3, 4}

¹ China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R.China
² School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R.China
³ UN Environment-International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP), Beijing 100101, P.R.China
⁴ Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.China

Received:2020-08-09 Online:2021-04-01 Published:2021-03-28
Contact: Correspondence WANG Wei-dong, Tel/Fax: +86-10-62337196, E-mail: wangwd2019 @bjfu.edu.cn
About author:LIU Xiao-hong, E-mail: xiaohong.liu@pku.edu.cn;
Supported by:
We acknowledge the financial support provided by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (BLX201945).

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摘要：

探索如何提升居民的主观福利是当前学术研究的重要议题之一。本文采用2010年中国家庭追踪调查数据库探究宗族文化对农村老年人精神健康的影响。本文的研究结果发现，宗族文化能够显著地降低农村老年人口的抑郁得分。同时，研究结论也表明，宗族文化对老年人抑郁得分的影响并不存在显著的差异。本研究进一步发现宗族文化对农村老年人抑郁状况的改善作用在经济欠发达的农村地区更为明显。进一步探究宗族文化影响农村老年人抑郁得分的机制发现，宗族文化通过影响老年人的社会支持，进一步起到改善其抑郁状况的作用。本研究有助于丰富非正式制度对农村居民福利的影响的研究。同时，也能够为下一阶段政府制定相对贫困的纾解策略提供一定的决策参考。

Abstract:

Exploration of ways to improve the subjective welfare of residents is an important area of current academic research. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies survey conducted in 2010, this paper investigated the impact of clan culture on the mental health of elderly people in rural China. The results demonstrated that clan culture can significantly decrease the depression score of the rural elderly. Further, there was no gender difference with respect to the impact of clan culture on the depression score of the elderly. At the same time, the positive effects of clan culture on the depression score of the elderly have gradually weakened with economic development. Exploration of the mechanisms involved indicated that in areas with stronger clan culture, older people receive more social support. This study enriches our understanding of the impact of informal institutions on the welfare of rural residents. At the same time, it can also provide a certain decision-making reference for the government to formulate relative poverty relief strategies in a new stage of poverty alleviation.

Key words: clan culture , the elderly , depression , rural China , social support

. [J]. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2021, 20(4): 1107-1118.

LIU Xiao-hong, WANG Wei-dong, ZHANG Lin-xiu. The power of informal institutions: The impact of clan culture on the depression of the elderly in rural China[J]. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2021, 20(4): 1107-1118.

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