Perceived Income Adequacy and Well-being Among Older Adults in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries

dc.contributor.authorGildner, Theresa E
dc.contributor.authorLiebert, Melissa A
dc.contributor.authorCapistrant, Benjamin D
dc.contributor.authorD'Este, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorSnodgrass, J Josh
dc.contributor.authorKowal, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-07T23:49:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2019-04-21T08:26:59Z
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: Perceived income adequacy is positively associated with self-rated health (SRH) and quality of life (QOL) among adults in higher-income countries. Additionally, older individuals often report higher levels of income adequacy. However, it is unclear if these associations, documented primarily in high-income countries, are also evident across economically and culturally distinctive low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: Data were drawn from the World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), a study of adults aged 50 years or older in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa. Smaller samples of younger adults (18-49 years) were included for comparison purposes. Participants reported income adequacy, SRH, and QOL. Associations between age and income adequacy and between income adequacy and SRH/QOL were examined using country-specific logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Older adults in China and Russia were more likely to report better income adequacy than their 18- to 49-year-old counterparts; however, the opposite was observed in Ghana and India. SRH and QOL improved as income adequacy increased in all countries. DISCUSSION: As expected, income adequacy was correlated with SRH and QOL. However, the relationship between age and income adequacy varied cross-culturally, potentially due to differences in familial and governmental financial support.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by WHO and the U.S. National Institute on Aging through Interagency Agreements with WHO (OGHA 04034785, YA1323-08-CN-0020, and Y1-AG-1005-01) and through research grants (R01-AG034479 and R21-AG034263).en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1079-5014en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/173549
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherGerontological Society of Americaen_AU
dc.rights© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of Americaen_AU
dc.sourceJournals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciencesen_AU
dc.titlePerceived Income Adequacy and Well-being Among Older Adults in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countriesen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage10en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGildner, Theresa E , Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugeneen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLiebert, Melissa A , Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugeneen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCapistrant, Benjamin D , University of Minnesotaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationD'Este, Catherine, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSnodgrass, J Josh, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene.en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKowal, Paul, University of Newcastleen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu5460340@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidD'Este, Catherine, u5460340en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor140208 - Health Economicsen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111702 - Aged Health Careen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111706 - Epidemiologyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo910202 - Human Capital Issuesen_AU
local.identifier.absseo920204 - Evaluation of Health Outcomesen_AU
local.identifier.absseo920502 - Health Related to Ageingen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4102339xPUB137en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB45747
local.identifier.doi10.1093/geronb/gbw145en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85059240761
local.identifier.thomsonIDMEDLINE:27852739
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4102339en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.oxfordjournals.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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