Active ageing in Spain: Leisure, Community Participation and Quality of Life
As a multidimensional concept, active ageing is placed in relation to the most important domains of quality of later life, self-assessed by the individuals. It is well recognized in international research to have positive effects on personal wellbeing. From the point of view of an active living at a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | otro |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/371965 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/371965 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Active ageing Leisure activities Social and community participation Older-adults Leisure time activities |
| Sumario: | As a multidimensional concept, active ageing is placed in relation to the most important domains of quality of later life, self-assessed by the individuals. It is well recognized in international research to have positive effects on personal wellbeing. From the point of view of an active living at an individual and ageing contexts, this paper aimed at analysing the profile of older-adults in relationship to their involvement in leisure and social and community participation activities, as factors that promote an active ageing to enhance quality of later life. The data come from the ELES Pilot Study database, a representative sample of 1747 community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and over in Spain. Bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques were applied. Statistical analysis revealed a bipolar active living during the ageing process, consisting of a main group of older-adults with low overall level of performing activities and three different clusters of more active people. Factors associated with active ageing behaviour are related to socio-demographic (relationship with the activity status, level of education) and social issues (frequency of face-to-face contact with social networks), as well as functioning capacity and accessibility to cultural, sports and recreational facilities. Satisfaction with leisure time and perception of problems in the neighbourhood completed the analysis on active ageing performance. Results will help in the design of initiatives to foster personal empowerment in social contexts. |
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