Financing the future of elderly care: understanding public acceptance of social insurance for long-term care
With traditional family-based old-age care declining due to shrinking family structures, formal financial protection for the aging population is increasingly crucial. This is especially given the high cost of long-term care. Acknowledging the limitations of private insurance and tax-based systems, t...
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| Language: | en |
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Innovative Research Publishing
2025
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/126331/1/126331_Financing%20the%20future%20of%20elderly%20care.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/126331/ http://www.ijirss.com/index.php/ijirss/article/view/9269 |
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| Summary: | With traditional family-based old-age care declining due to shrinking family structures, formal financial protection for the aging population is increasingly crucial. This is especially given the high cost of long-term care. Acknowledging the limitations of private insurance and tax-based systems, this study explores the potential of social insurance in Malaysia by examining factors influencing its public acceptance. Data collected from a total of 450 respondents were analyzed using SPSS for descriptive statistics and SmartPLS for hypothesis testing. The findings revealed that knowledge-based factors such as financial literacy and financial awareness do not exhibit a significant influence on financial attitude. In contrast, psychological factors such as precautionary motives and trust demonstrate a significant and positive influence on financial attitude. Furthermore, attitude emerges as a significant mediating variable that bridges the relationship between precautionary motives and acceptance, as well as between trust and acceptance. In a nutshell, this study contributes to the existing literature on long-term care financing from the lens of consumer behavior and offers valuable insights for policymaking in navigating the nation’s aging population. |
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