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abstract: 'This article evaluates the influence of local district conditions on
subjective quality of life of older South African adults. Policymakers
increasingly recognize that ``successful{''''} aging policies must not
only address physical health needs but also factors that influence
subjective well-being.
To investigate the influence of area-level distribution of ``public
goods{''''} on well-being in a low- and middle-income setting, nationally
representative WHO-Study of Global AGEing and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE)
survey data is combined with district-level data that captures built
resources and health system distribution. Multilevel regression modeling
is utilized to explore how community context, including built resources
and health infrastructure quality, influence older persons'' quality of
life and how chronic health conditions may moderate this relationship
while controlling for important individual characteristics.
While controlling for individual and district level factors, it is found
community level provision of built resources of basic services (i.e.,
water, sanitation, electricity, housing) has a modest but significant
impact on older persons'' subjective well-being. Further, this effect on
older persons'' perceptions of quality of life is moderated by individual
chronic health status; individuals with a chronic health condition do
not receive an equivalent benefit from district built condition like
those without an illness do.
This work adds to the literature concerning the effect of environments
in low- and middle-income countries on older adults'' subjective
well-being. It also adds to the growing literature on the complex
relationship between subjective well-being and health in diverse
contexts.'
affiliation: 'Ralston, M (Corresponding Author), 201 Bowen Hall,456 Hardy Rd, Mississippi
State, MS 39862 USA.
Ralston, Margaret, Mississippi State Univ, Dept Sociol, Mississippi State, MS 39762
USA.'
author: Ralston, Margaret
author-email: mr1636@msstate.edu
author_list:
- family: Ralston
given: Margaret
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx091
eissn: 1758-5341
files: []
issn: 0016-9013
journal: GERONTOLOGIST
keywords: Community context; Health; South Africa; Subjective well-being
keywords-plus: 'SELF-RATED HEALTH; QOL 8-ITEM INDEX; INCOME INEQUALITY; ADULT HEALTH;
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; UNITED-STATES; PRIMARY-CARE; WHOQOL-BREF; US
STATES; DEPRESSION'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '66'
pages: 111-120
papis_id: 9d52c0c21fcee20aacdb380d38f54f82
ref: Ralston2018roleolder
times-cited: '20'
title: 'The Role of Older Persons'' Environment in Aging Well: Quality of Life, Illness,
and Community Context in South Africa'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000423309900012
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '23'
volume: '58'
web-of-science-categories: Gerontology
year: '2018'