Including older adults in development goals: is subjective wellbeing the answer? A case study of older South Africans

Title: Including older adults in development goals: is subjective wellbeing the answer? A case study of older South Africans
Creator: Ralston, Margaret; Schatz, Enid; Naidoo, Nirmala; Kowal, Paul
Relation: Journal of Development Studies Vol. 54, Issue 4, p. 702-718
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1311406
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2018
Description: Measures of subjective wellbeing are gaining importance as indicators of overall societal progress, yet the majority of studies come from higher income countries. This paper explores the relationship between human development indicators and measures of subjective wellbeing among persons aged 50-plus in South Africa. Using the first nationally representative population-based study of older South Africans, WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (WHO SAGE), this paper adds to a small but growing literature on subjective wellbeing in lower-income countries. Results indicate that education, socio-economic status and health are, in fact, correlated with measures of subjective wellbeing, but the relationships and strength of the relationships differ depending on the measure used to assess wellbeing.
Subject: subjective wellbeing; older adults; South Africa; case study
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1409820
Identifier: uon:36065
Identifier: ISSN:0022-0388
Language: eng
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