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    Social engagement and the elderly in rural Indonesia

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    Utomo, A; Mcdonald, P; Utomo, I; Cahyadi, N; Sparrow, R
    Date
    2019-05-01
    Source Title
    Social Science and Medicine
    Publisher
    PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    McDonald, Peter; Utomo, Ariane
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    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
    School of Geography
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    Utomo, A., Mcdonald, P., Utomo, I., Cahyadi, N. & Sparrow, R. (2019). Social engagement and the elderly in rural Indonesia. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 229, pp.22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.009.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253852
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    10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.009
    Abstract
    Rural areas in Indonesia are older relative to urban areas. This paper questions how levels of social engagement vary across among the elderly in rural Indonesia. A sample of 2750 respondents aged 60 and over was drawn from 10 purposely-selected relatively "old" villages. Our three measures of social engagement are: participation in income-generating activities, in communal activities, and in care work. While there are notable village-level differences in patterns of social engagement, the majority of our respondents are actively engaged in productive activities in their old age until they can no longer be so. A negative educational gradient in the likelihood of work participation suggests that needs for income security is a driver of the elderly's work participation. The notion of promoting active ageing, as typically understood in the Western and/or urban contexts, is of secondary importance to health care provision and managing old-age disability in these ageing rural communities.

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