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Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia

The study of changes and choices of living arrangements among older persons has been a key element of demography and sociology of the family. While many studies focus on the elderly respondents in understanding this matter, our aim is to seek answers from the pre-elderly adults concerning their pr...

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Main Authors: Samsudin, Shamzaeffa, Abdullah, Norehan, Ismail, Nur Syakiran Akmal, Hassan, Kalthum, Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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HC Economic History and Conditions
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/27458/1/ES%2012%201%202019%20115%20124.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2019/12-1/6
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spelling my.uum.repo.274582020-09-09T07:17:01Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/27458/ Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia Samsudin, Shamzaeffa Abdullah, Norehan Ismail, Nur Syakiran Akmal Hassan, Kalthum Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah HC Economic History and Conditions The study of changes and choices of living arrangements among older persons has been a key element of demography and sociology of the family. While many studies focus on the elderly respondents in understanding this matter, our aim is to seek answers from the pre-elderly adults concerning their preferred oldage living arrangements and analyse the factors affecting the choice. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents aged 40 to 59 years from Peninsular Malaysia. The total of 1,153 respondents were interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire and it was found that 83.8% of the respondents prefer growing old in their own homes. From the probit model, it suggests that age and household size have negatively influenced the likelihood of the elderly to live in their own homes while being a male has the opposite effect. Those who are married or divorced, at work, earn more than RM15,000 a month and have formal education are more likely to prefer to grow old in their own homes as compared to other alternatives. Understand the choices of the pre-elderly groups are deemed vital for early intervention. A comprehensive support system is needed to endorse the popular choice of independent living at old age. 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/27458/1/ES%2012%201%202019%20115%20124.pdf Samsudin, Shamzaeffa and Abdullah, Norehan and Ismail, Nur Syakiran Akmal and Hassan, Kalthum and Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah (2019) Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia. Economics & Sociology, 12 (1). pp. 115-124. ISSN 2071-789X http://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2019/12-1/6 doi:10.14254/2071-789X.2019/12-1/6
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic HC Economic History and Conditions
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
Samsudin, Shamzaeffa
Abdullah, Norehan
Ismail, Nur Syakiran Akmal
Hassan, Kalthum
Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia
description The study of changes and choices of living arrangements among older persons has been a key element of demography and sociology of the family. While many studies focus on the elderly respondents in understanding this matter, our aim is to seek answers from the pre-elderly adults concerning their preferred oldage living arrangements and analyse the factors affecting the choice. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents aged 40 to 59 years from Peninsular Malaysia. The total of 1,153 respondents were interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire and it was found that 83.8% of the respondents prefer growing old in their own homes. From the probit model, it suggests that age and household size have negatively influenced the likelihood of the elderly to live in their own homes while being a male has the opposite effect. Those who are married or divorced, at work, earn more than RM15,000 a month and have formal education are more likely to prefer to grow old in their own homes as compared to other alternatives. Understand the choices of the pre-elderly groups are deemed vital for early intervention. A comprehensive support system is needed to endorse the popular choice of independent living at old age.
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author Samsudin, Shamzaeffa
Abdullah, Norehan
Ismail, Nur Syakiran Akmal
Hassan, Kalthum
Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
author_facet Samsudin, Shamzaeffa
Abdullah, Norehan
Ismail, Nur Syakiran Akmal
Hassan, Kalthum
Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah
author_sort Samsudin, Shamzaeffa
title Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Growing old at own home: A study among pre-elderly adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort growing old at own home: a study among pre-elderly adults in peninsular malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/27458/1/ES%2012%201%202019%20115%20124.pdf
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