ISBN:
9789811523533
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.2
Keywords:
Well-being Age factors
;
Well-being-Age factors
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
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