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Rural‐Urban Differences Among the Elderly: Economic, Social, and Subjective Factors
Author(s) -
Lee Gary R.,
Lassey Marie L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1980.tb02022.x
Subject(s) - disadvantage , residence , rural area , psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , demographic economics , geography , sociology , economics , medicine , political science , pathology , law , psychotherapist
This paper reviews previous research on differences between elderly persons residing in urban and rural locations. While the urban elderly have demonstrable advantages in terms of many “objective” indicators of quality of life, they appear to have no corresponding advantage in terms of subjective or emotional well‐being, and perhaps even show a small disadvantage on such dimensions. The paper begins by documenting these differences, then considers some ways in which this paradox might be explained by examining some possible advantages of rural residence for the elderly.