Regional Variation and Determinants of Well-being of the Elderly in India

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Elderly; physical well-being; social well-being; emotional well-being; India

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Bhaswati Das
Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Rituparna Sengupta
Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Kalosona Paul
School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

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The paper assessed the level of well-being in six states in India, namely Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The index of well-being was developed based on the Stanford Centre on Longevity (SCL) Index of well-being, Global ageing and Monitoring Project, 2011 with certain modifications. Indices for physical, social and emotional well-being are constructed using data from the Building a Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India (BKPAI), Sample Registration System, Census of India and National Crime Records Bureau. The indices were thereafter combined to form the well-being index. Marital status, educational level, employment status, annual income, health status and regional factors emerged as strong determinants of elderly well-being through a multinomial logistic regression. The states varied in rank in the components of well-being revealing paradoxes. The differentials in different domains need to be emphasized in the state specific policy for the aged.

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Das, B., Sengupta, R., & Paul, K. (2018). Regional Variation and Determinants of Well-being of the Elderly in India. Journal of Population and Social Studies [JPSS], 26(3), 219–234. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jpss/article/view/102514
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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2018): July - September
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Bhaswati Das, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

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