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Measuring, understanding and improving wellbeing among older people
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 -- 7 Height and Health Among Older Chinese -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Ethnic Diversity, Prejudice and Wellbeing Among Older Chinese -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data, Variables and Methodology -- 2.1 Data -- 2.1.1 Wellbeing -- 2.1.2 Ethnic Diversity -- 2.1.3 Discrimination -- 2.1.4 Other Control Variables -- 2.2 Empirical Model -- 3 Empirical Results -- 3.1 Robustness Checks -- 4 Discussions and Conclusion -- References
9 Witchcraft Accusations and the Social Exclusion of the Elderly in Northern Ghana: Understanding How Cultural Discourses and Practices Affect the Wellbeing of the Elderly -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Witchcraft in Ghana and Africa -- 3 Old and Wicked: Witchcraft Accusations Against the Elderly -- 4 Witchcraft Accusations as Manifestations of Structural Tensions -- 4.1 Poverty and Economic Polarities -- 4.2 Inter-Generational Contestations of Power -- 5 Witchcraft Confirmation and the Violence of Social Displacement
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Lisa Farrell, Samuelson Appau, editors.
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6 The Paradox of Witch Camps and the Continued Negotiation of Status and Identity After Displacement
Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2020