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Ethnic differences in influences on quality of life at older ages
— a quantitative analysis | | Author(s) | Madhavi Bajekal, David Blane, Ini Grewal |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 24, part 5, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 709-728 |
| Source | http://journals.cambridge.org/ |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Quality of life ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poverty ; Quantitative studies. |
| Annotation | Ethnic differences are examined in the key influences on quality of life for older people in the context of British older people's increasing health and wealth generally, and in the ageing of post-1945 migrants. This article is based on secondary multivariate analysis of the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities of England and Wales. Respondents aged 45-74 years belonging to four ethnic groups were included in the analysis, which focuses on differences by age and gender, using the white population as the reference group. Four dimensions (incorporating seven factors) that influence the quality of life were determined among this age group: quality of neighbourhood; social networks and community participation; material conditions; and health. For the factors based on conventional indicators of social inequalities, the white group ranked highest, the Pakistanis lowest, and the Indian and Caribbean groups ranked second and third. But factors that capture more immediate and subjective elements, such as frequency of family contact and the desirability of the residential neighbourhood, displayed a diametrically opposite rank order, with the Pakistani group ranked first and the white group fourth. The study highlights the value of examining separately the various influences on quality of life. Contradictory patterns are revealed in key influences that are hidden in global measures. The study also reveals the difficulty of identifying culturally neutral measures of quality of locality, with ethnic minority groups having a more positive perception of their area than rated by conventional measures of area deprivation such as the Index of Deprivation. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040922205 A |
| Classmark | TK: F:59: F:W: W6: 3DQ |
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