Subjective well-being and quality of life of rural-to-urban migrant and local older adults in Dongguan, China

• Yuxi Liu

  School of Humanities and Management, and Institute of Health Law and Policy, Guangdong Medical University

• Thammasin Ingviya

  Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University

• Rassamee Sangthong

  Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University

• Chonghua Wan

  School of Humanities and Management, and Research Center for Quality of Life and Applied Psychology, Guangdong Medical University

We conducted a community-based survey to compare the subjective well-being (SWB) and quality of life (QoL) of 470 rural-to-urban migrant and 422 local older adults living in Dongguan, China. Ordinal logistic regression was used to assess the dose-response relationships of SWB, QoL, and individual and environmental factors. Results show that migrant (vs. local) residents had greater SWB and better QoL. Positive self-rated health, lack of chronic diseases, not being depressed, taking regular exercise, living close to recreation facilities, and having good social cohesion were positive determinants for SWB and QoL of both local and migrant respondents. Our results provide useful information for Chinese policy decision making to promote the health of older adults.

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