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The material resources and well-being of older people
Corporate Author	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF
Journal title	Findings, 0116, March 2006
Publisher	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, March 2006
Pages	4 pp
Source	Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk Full report (ISBN 9781859354223) £13.95 (+£2.00 p&p) from York Publishing Services, 64 Hallfield Road, Layerthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ.
Keywords	Economic status [elderly] ; Income [older people] ; Poverty ; Well being ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Vanessa Burholt and Gill Windle of the Centre for Social Policy Research and Development (CSPRD), University of Wales, Bangor, identify the key determinants of poverty in old age. Their study uses data for 987 people aged 65+ from the British sample of Ageing Well: a European Study of Adult Well-Being (ESAW), to examine older people's material resources and financial satisfaction. These findings outline the results from their main report (same title), published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Overall, their findings suggest that differences in material resources and financial well-being in old age were determined by earlier life experiences, for example engagement in the labour market and subsequent ability to save and invest. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060407210 A
Classmark	F:W: JF: W6: D:F:5HH: 3F
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