Caught in the middle: depressive symptoms and life satisfaction of the sandwich generation in four-generation lineages in China (opens in new tab)

This study examines the implications of intergenerational caregiving for depressive symptoms and life satisfaction among China’s “sandwich generation” individuals embedded in four-generation lineages. Using data from 9081 respondents aged 45–80 from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we measure depressive symptoms with the CES-D-10 scale and life satisfaction through a direct self-report question. Our analyses employ ordinary least squares and ordered logistic r...