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Gender and wellbeing among older people
— evidence from Thailand | | Author(s) | Teresa Sobieszczyk, John Knodel, Napaporn Chayovan |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 6, November 2003 |
| Pages | pp 701-736 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Comparison ; Thailand. |
| Annotation | Researchers and international organisations frequently suggest that, compared to older men, older women are disadvantaged. However, this analysis of census and survey data from Thailand indicates a far more complex association between gender and various aspects of ageing. By examining various demographic, economic, psychosocial and health variables, it is found that older Thai women do face certain disadvantages compared to their male counterparts, including lower education and literacy, far higher levels of widowhood and living alone, and a lower likelihood of receiving formal retirement benefits. Older Thai men also face relative disadvantages, including worse survivorship, a lower likelihood of receiving money from adult children, a greater probability of debt and other financial problems, and lower satisfaction with their financial situation. This analysis provides some support for a lifecourse perspective that relates gender differences in old age to differences in earlier life experiences, roles and reward structures, particularly access to retirement pensions and the type of support older men and women provide for their co-resident children. Marital status can also mediate gender differences in older people's wellbeing. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031120207 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: F:W: CC: D:F:5HH: 48: 7HG |
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