Well-Being of Older People in Ageing Societies

ISBN-13: 9781138401464 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Asghar Zaidi

Opis

How can we conceptualize and measure the personal well-being of older people? What research agenda and policy reforms are necessary to maintain decent well-being for older people, in the context of aging populations? This book presents conceptualization and measurement of the multidimensional measures of older people's welfare.

Recenzje

'...a very useful tool for scholars interested in the conceptual and methodological issues arising from the study of well-being in old age.' The Journal of Social Policy '... a book to study more than just read, and it gives many statistical tables to aid that process. It helpfully concludes with suggestions for further research.' SRA News

Spis treści

Contents: Part I Setting the Context: Introduction; Conceptualising well-being of older people; Methodological choices in measuring well-being; The British pension and social benefit system. Part II Empirical Findings: Coupling of disadvantages: an assessment of income deprivation and limiting health in old age; Income mobility in old age; Snakes and ladders; covariates of income mobility in old age; Income mobility of the elderly in Great Britain and The Netherlands: a comparative investigation. Part III Conclusions: Synthesizing discussion and conlusions; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Asghar Zaidi is Director of Research at the European Centre for Social Welfare, Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria.