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| Subjective income security of (middle) aging and elderly Canadians | | Author(s) | Peri Ballantyne, Victor W Marshall |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 2, Summer 2001 |
| Pages | pp 151-174 |
| Keywords | Income [older people] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Subjective income security among Canadians aged 45 and over is examined using quantitative data. The authors examine the relationship between demographic, socio-economic and social psychological variables and income security, measured in multivariate analyses as the likelihood of dissatisfaction with current and expected future income. Discussion is focused on several unexpected findings related to the effects of age, marital status and gender on subjective income security. Five social psychological theories - aspiration theory, reference group theory, equity theory, the life review, and socialisation identity theory - may help account for these findings. While the theories cannot be tested using these data, they provide directions for future research in this area. Subject evaluations of income inadequacy ought not to be the means by which social policies on income redistribution are determined. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010911207 A |
| Classmark | JF: F:W: DP: 3F: 7S |
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