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| The needs and resources of older people | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 2044, April 2007 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, April 2007 |
| Pages | 2 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Findings and full report available as free downloads from http://www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Income [older people] ; Expenditure [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | With the 2006 White Paper, "Security in retirement: towards a new pension system" (Cm 6841) as background, a research team from the University of Loughborough's Centre for Research in Social Policy and the University of Essex explored what existing data sources can tell us about older people's needs and resources. A particular focus was on poverty and hardship in later life. The team analysed data from five different cross-sectional and longitudinal data sets: the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS); the Expenditure and Food Survey; the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain; the General Household Survey (GHS); and the Health Survey for England. As well as income, the analysis also examines expenditure, health, social networks, services, housing and neighbourhoods. It considers how the circumstances of people aged 65+ change as they age, and whether life is improving or worsening for successive generations of older people. The full report, "Measuring resources in later life: a review of the data" is published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF); it highlights limitations and suggests possibilities for future research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070515006 A |
| Classmark | JF: J3: CC: I: IK: F:W6: 3J |
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