Measuring, understanding and improving wellbeing among older people [electronic resource] / Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Lisa Farrell, Samuelson Appau, editors
- Bib ID:
- 8315708
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- Book
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- Description:
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- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
- 1 online resource ( 312 p.) :
- ISBN:
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- 9789811523533 ((electronic bk.))
- 9811523533 ((electronic bk.))
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9789811523526
- Full contents:
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- Intro
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Wellbeing Among Older People: An Introduction
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 The Concept of Wellbeing
- 3 Summary of Chapters in the Book
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- 2 Empowering the Independence of Older People with Everyday Technologies
- 1 Background
- 2 Quality of Life and Independence for Older People
- 3 Independence Through the Adoption and Consumption of Tech-Products
- 4 A 'Tech-Helper' Volunteer Ethnography of a Retirement Village
- 5 Impetuses for Older People to Adopt and Consume New Technologies
- 6 Older People's Challenges in Seeking and Receiving 'Tech-Help'
- 7 Policy Implications
- References
- 3 Investigating the Relationship Between Housing Insecurity and Wellbeing
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Literature
- 3 Data
- 4 Methodology
- 5 Results and Discussion
- 6 Concluding Remarks
- References
- 4 Social Support and Wellbeing Among Older Australians
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Data and Variables
- 2.1 Wellbeing
- 2.2 Social Support
- 2.3 Covariates
- 3 Econometric Framework
- 4 Results
- 4.1 Sensitivity to Endogeneity
- 4.2 Further Analysis
- 5 Conclusion and Policy Implications
- Appendix
- References
- 5 Gambling and Subjective Wellbeing of Older Australians
- 1 Introduction and Background
- 2 Data and Variables
- 2.1 Gambling Variable
- 2.2 Subjective Wellbeing
- 2.3 Control Variables
- 3 Empirical Methods
- 4 Results
- 5 Conclusion and Policy Implications
- Appendix
- References
- 6 Employment Types and Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Literature and Hypotheses
- 3 Data and Variables
- 4 Method
- 5 Results
- 5.1 Robustness to Endogeneity
- 6 Discussion and Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- 7 Height and Health Among Older Chinese
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Data and Methodology
- 3 Results
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- 8 Ethnic Diversity, Prejudice and Wellbeing Among Older Chinese
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Data, Variables and Methodology
- 2.1 Data
- 2.1.1 Wellbeing
- 2.1.2 Ethnic Diversity
- 2.1.3 Discrimination
- 2.1.4 Other Control Variables
- 2.2 Empirical Model
- 3 Empirical Results
- 3.1 Robustness Checks
- 4 Discussions and Conclusion
- References
- 9 Witchcraft Accusations and the Social Exclusion of the Elderly in Northern Ghana: Understanding How Cultural Discourses and Practices Affect the Wellbeing of the Elderly
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Witchcraft in Ghana and Africa
- 3 Old and Wicked: Witchcraft Accusations Against the Elderly
- 4 Witchcraft Accusations as Manifestations of Structural Tensions
- 4.1 Poverty and Economic Polarities
- 4.2 Inter-Generational Contestations of Power
- 5 Witchcraft Confirmation and the Violence of Social Displacement
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- Description based upon print version of record.
- 6 The Paradox of Witch Camps and the Continued Negotiation of Status and Identity After Displacement
- Includes index.
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