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The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Chinese Elders' Perception of the Image of Ageing
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Population Research
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-12-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Economics & Business Administration
Economy
Abstract EN
A positive image of elderly people is found to be contributive to successful ageing.
This paper reports a study that aims at revising and validating Image of Ageing Scale in a modern Chinese context and finding out how socio-demographic factors have impacted the latter's perception of the image of ageing.
Confirmatory factor analysis supported the five-factor model suggested from exploratory factor analysis which produced good psychometric properties.
Based on the two-cluster solution from the two-step cluster analysis on the image of ageing, results of both the Chi-square and the one-way ANOVA tests confirmed that age, residence location, marital status, working status, living arrangement, neighborhood relationships, illness and daily activity were significant predictors of elders' image of ageing.
Logistic results further indicated that some predictors were not statistically significant in the multivariate analysis, whilst being urban, lonely, suffering from severe chronic illnesses, and showing little interests in daily activities, were identified as potent factors resulting in a negative image of ageing.
Other than suggesting the Revised Chinese Version of the Image of Ageing Scale (IAS-C) could be used in a Chinese society, our findings also led to a number of recommendations to promoting a positive image among the Chinese elderly.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chow, Nelson& Bai, Xue. 2010. The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Chinese Elders' Perception of the Image of Ageing. International Journal of Population Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487636
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chow, Nelson& Bai, Xue. The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Chinese Elders' Perception of the Image of Ageing. International Journal of Population Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487636
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chow, Nelson& Bai, Xue. The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Chinese Elders' Perception of the Image of Ageing. International Journal of Population Research. 2010. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487636
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487636