Activity Participation and Well-Being Among European Adults Aged 65 years and Older

Maria Vozikaki (), Manolis Linardakis (), Katerina Micheli () and Anastas Philalithis ()
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Maria Vozikaki: University of Crete
Manolis Linardakis: University of Crete
Katerina Micheli: University of Crete
Anastas Philalithis: University of Crete

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, vol. 131, issue 2, No 16, 769-795

Abstract: Abstract Increasing evidence suggests that different patterns of activity participation confer several positive well-being outcomes through the later years of life. The aim of the present study is to examine the likelihood of higher well-being linked with a socially engaged lifestyle with a view to extending prior research. Data on a nationally representative sample of adults aged 65 and older from eleven European countries (n = 7025) was drawn from the first Wave of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, 2004/5). Socially and productively oriented activities were administered as salient aspects of activity participation and were rated on frequency of involvement. Well-being was defined by the clustering of six indicators including life satisfaction, quality of life, self-rated health, psychological distress, chronic diseases and Body Mass Index (BMI). The effect of activity participation on the clustering of well-being indicators was estimated according to complex samples ordinal regression models. The overall pattern was that of a significantly increased likelihood for frequently active participants to present multiple presence of positive well-being outcomes (p

Keywords: Older adults; Social activities; Productive activities; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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