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Social engagement and the elderly in rural Indonesia

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  • Utomo, Ariane
  • Mcdonald, Peter
  • Utomo, Iwu
  • Cahyadi, Nur
  • Sparrow, Robert

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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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  • Utomo, Ariane & Mcdonald, Peter & Utomo, Iwu & Cahyadi, Nur & Sparrow, Robert, 2019. "Social engagement and the elderly in rural Indonesia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 229(C), pages 22-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:229:y:2019:i:c:p:22-31
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.009
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