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Older people in Russia's transitional society
— multiple deprivation and coping responses | | Author(s) | Natalia Tchernina, Efim A Tchernin |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 22, part 5, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 543-562 |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Isolation ; Living patterns ; Informal care ; Adjustment ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
| Annotation | Since 1989, there has been a widespread collapse of public services and income support for older people in the Russian Federation. Pensions have declined in real value and are frequently paid late; the system of collective health care has become less reliable; and the social institutions and services that once helped disadvantaged older people overcome loneliness and isolation have almost entirely ceased to function. This article examines ways in which Russian older people have adapted to the interaction of the market economy and the collapse of the Soviet welfare state since 1989. More specifically, it describes and evaluates the characteristic coping strategies that have emerged. The article reviews the research and statistical evidence on the development of the population's adaptations over two decades. The findings of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Surveys (RLMS) of 1999 and 2000 are reviewed and interpreted. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021003001 A |
| Classmark | F:W6: TP: K7: P6: DR: 7AA |
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