Subjective Well-Being of Older Rural Muslim Community in Malaysia
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Keywords

Elderly, Older population, Population aging, Demographic changes

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W.A, W. I., I, Z., H.A.R, A., & A, F. (2012). Subjective Well-Being of Older Rural Muslim Community in Malaysia. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2(3), 330–335. Retrieved from https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5007/article/view/2188

Abstract

While research on subjective well-being has been well developed and documented in developed countries, the nature of subjective well-being of this category of population is still relatively unexamined in Malaysia. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the level of subjective well-being of the older population in rural Muslim community in Kelantan, Malaysia. The design used in this study was a combination of the sociological method of face-to-face interviews, and the anthropological method of participant-observation. A total of 214 older population were selected as respondents using simple random sampling technique from sampling frame. Major data for the quantitative analysis are derived from face-to-face interviews, while data for the qualitative analysis are derived from unstructured interviews, information from key informants, and field observation. Results show that the majority of the respondents have a moderate level of subjective well-being. Their subjective well-being also differs according to their profiles.

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