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Living in the 21st century: older people in England: the 2006 English longitudinal study of ageing (wave 3)
- Authors:
- BANKS James, et al
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 303p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The third wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) means that we now have a four-year follow-up period on a sample of the English population aged 50 and over at the first wave. In addition, there are earlier data coming from the original Health Survey for England (HSE) from which the ELSA sample of participants was drawn. The report from the first wave of ELSA showed how marked is the variability in older people's social and economic circumstances, physical and mental functioning, and health. The myth of older age as uniformly characterised by decline and dependency is contradicted by the evidence of vigorous and active nonagenarians. The report after the second wave of ELSA showed, in considerable detail, how most of the salient domains of people's lives varied according to their wealth. The authors used wealth as a socio-economic measure. The analyses in that report made use of a key feature of ELSA - its accurate assessment of wealth including pension wealth. Mortality, ill health, social isolation and loneliness all differed, in a graded way, with people's wealth: less wealth was associated with being sicker, less functional and more isolated. This third wave now allows two interrelated activities making use of ELSA's special strengths - exploring how the various areas of people's lives interact and using longitudinal data to sort out the order in which things happen.
Pensioners' expenditure: an assessment of changes in living standards, 1979 - 1991
- Authors:
- SMEATON Deborah, HANCOCK Ruth
- Publisher:
- Age Concern Institute of Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 70p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Uses a detailed analysis of total household expenditure, its levels and distribution, to provide a comparison of living standards over time and between different social groups of older people.
Older people and social quality – what difference does income make?
- Authors:
- FOSTER Liam, TOMLINSON Mark, WALKER Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 39(11), 2019, pp.2351-2376.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article explores the relationship between Social Quality and income in later life and represents the first application of the concept to a United Kingdom data-set with an explicit focus on older people. In order to undertake this analysis, confirmatory factor analysis models are employed in conjunction with the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). This enables various dimensions or domains of Social Quality to be measured and then subjected to further scrutiny via regression analysis. Initially, the paper explores links between low income, poverty and older people, prior to outlining the concept of Social Quality and its four conditional factors. Following the methodology, the impact of income on Social Quality domains is explored. The research identifies that differences in income in older age provide a partial explanation of differences in individual Social Quality. While there is a statistically significant relationship between income and certain aspects of Social Quality such as economic security, altruism, social networks and culture/participation, other factors such as health, identity and time did not have a statistically significant relationship with income. This indicates that improvements in the income of older people are likely to positively impact on aspects of their Social Quality. Finally, some policy implications of the finding are outlined with particular reference to the potential role for pensions in enhancing aspects of Social Quality in retirement. (Edited publisher abstract)
The dynamics of ageing: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-10: wave 5
- Editors:
- BANKS James, NAZROO James, STEPTOE Andrew
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 337
- Place of publication:
- London
This and previous English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) reports present a detailed picture of the lives of people in England aged 50 and over. This report of wave 5 uses data based on interviews with 10,274 people (including 9,000 "core" participants), collected from July 2010 to June 2011 inclusive, a period of considerable change with the installatoin of the Coalition government and the start of a period of austerity. The report discusses three main themes: pension wealth; social detachment in older age; and health and psychological well-being. A chapter on methodology explains the sample design, interview content and the approach to fieldwork. Reference tables on the economic, social and health domains summarise important variables collected by ELSA. Design and collection was carried out as a collaboration between the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), and the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. (Original abstract)
Sharing in the nation's prosperity?: pensioner poverty in Britain
- Authors:
- GOODMAN Alissa, MYCK Michal, SHEPARD Andrew
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 54p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The government has redistributed significant resources towards pensioners with the aim of ‘abolishing pensioner poverty’. The overall 1997–2004 policy package directed at changing pensioner incomes increases them in total by about £7 billion per year, of which about £4.1 billion should have fed through to the latest poverty statistics. Resulting falls in pensioner poverty, measured in relative terms, have not been as substantial as some might have expected. The main reason why relative poverty has not fallen further is that the median income across the whole population has risen, and thus so has the relative poverty line.
Annual report on health and welfare
- Author:
- JAPAN. Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Publisher:
- Japan. Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 413p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Tokyo
Living in Britain: results from the 2002 General Household Survey
- Authors:
- RICKARDS Leicha, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 289p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical data on: households, families and people; housing and consumer durables; marriage and cohabitation; occupational and personal pension schemes; general health, use of health services and hearing; smoking; drinking; contraception; and day care.
Living in Britain: results from the 1998 General Household Survey; an inter-departmental survey carried out by ONS between April 1998 and March 1999
- Authors:
- BRIDGWOOD Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 287p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical data on: households, families and people; housing and consumer durables; marriage and cohabitation; occupational and personal pension schemes; general health, use of health services and hearing; smoking; drinking; contraception; and day care.