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A research note on challenges of cross-national aging research
— an example of productive activities across three countries | | Author(s) | Yu-Chih Chen, Yi Wang, Ben Cooper |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 40, no 1, January 2018 |
| Publisher | Sage, January 2018 |
| Pages | pp 54-71 |
| Source | http://www.journals.sagepub.com/home/roa |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Informal care ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Research ; Cross national surveys ; Methodology ; United States of America ; China ; Korea. |
| Annotation | Cross-national studies can elucidate the influence of sociocultural contexts on a wide variety of ageing issues. This study aims to develop methods for using secondary data for cross-national comparisons, using productive activities (caregiving and volunteering) as an example. It also to identify challenges in conducting cross-national research. It uses nationally representative data from the United States, China and South Korea to develop a sequence of methods for cross-national analysis. Results indicate that productive activities vary by country. This variation could be due to the differences in sociocultural context and variations in operationalisation and measurement. Given the difficulty of making decisions and drawing conclusions across different cultural contexts, team members must include scholars who are familiar with the culture and language of the region of study. Researchers also need to determine whether data sets are valid for cross-national comparisons, and understand the limitations of the comparisons, given constraints in the data. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180209215 A |
| Classmark | BG: P6: GHH: 3A: 3K: 3D: 7T: 7DC: 7DK |
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