- Title
- Perceived income adequacy and well-being among older adults in six low- and middle-income countries
- Creator
- Gildner, Theresa E.; Liebert, Melissa A.; Capistrant, Benjamin D.; D'Este, Catherine; Snodgrass, J. Josh; Kowal, Paul
- Relation
- Journals of Gerontology - Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences Vol. 74, Issue 3, p. 516-525
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw145
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Objectives: Perceived income adequacy is positively associated with self-rated health (SRH) and quality of life (QOL) among adults in higher-income countries. Additionally, older individuals often report higher levels of income adequacy. However, it is unclear if these associations, documented primarily in high-income countries, are also evident across economically and culturally distinctive low- and middle-income countries. Methods: Data were drawn from the World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), a study of adults aged 50 years or older in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa. Smaller samples of younger adults (18-49 years) were included for comparison purposes. Participants reported income adequacy, SRH, and QOL. Associations between age and income adequacy and between income adequacy and SRH/QOL were examined using country-specific logistic regression analysis. Results: Older adults in China and Russia were more likely to report better income adequacy than their 18- to 49-year-old counterparts; however, the opposite was observed in Ghana and India. SRH and QOL improved as income adequacy increased in all countries. Discussion: As expected, income adequacy was correlated with SRH and QOL. However, the relationship between age and income adequacy varied cross-culturally, potentially due to differences in familial and governmental financial support.
- Subject
- health economics; population ageing; social gradients; subjective well-being
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1424016
- Identifier
- uon:38012
- Identifier
- ISSN:1079-5014
- Language
- eng
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