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Understanding ageing in sub-Saharan Africa
— exploring the contributions of religious and secular social involvement to life satisfaction | | Author(s) | Ivy A Kodzi |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 3, April 2011 |
| Pages | pp 455-474 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Religious groups [elderly] ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Participation ; Life satisfaction ; Africa. |
| Annotation | The study looked at how older people today perceive their ageing experience in sub-Saharan Africa. The international gerontology literature demonstrates that, apart from financial wellbeing and health status, religious and secular forms of social involvement are key predictors of life satisfaction in older ages. No formal analysis, however, exists on the effects of religious and non-religious social involvement on the subjective wellbeing of older people in sub-Saharan nations. This study sought to fill this gap by examining the relationship between religious identity, religiosity, and secular social engagement using survey data from a sample of 2,524 men and women aged 50 or more years living in informal settlements in Nairobi. Significant differences in life satisfaction were found between Muslims, Catholics and non-Catholic Christians. Secular social support, personal sociability and community participation had positive effects on subjective wellbeing. Next to health status, the social involvement of older people was very important for life satisfaction. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110505008 A |
| Classmark | BG: F:TR: EX: TMB: F:5HH: 7J |
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