Measuring living standards of older people using Sen's Capability Approach: development and validation of the LSCAPE-24 (Living Standards Capabilities for Elders) and LSCAPE-6
Measuring living standards of older people using Sen's Capability Approach: development and validation of the LSCAPE-24 (Living Standards Capabilities for Elders) and LSCAPE-6
复制标题
使用森能力方法衡量老年人的生活水平：LSCAPE-24（老年人生活标准能力）和 LSCAPE-6 的开发和验证
作者：
M. Breheny;C. Stephens;A. Henricksen;Brendan Stevenson;K. Carter;F. Alpass
社会经济地位的差异对老年人健康的影响是人口老龄化背景下决策者的一个重要问题。由于老年人生活在不同类型的经济环境中，而且随着年龄的增长，他们的愿望和需求与年轻一代不同，因此生活标准的衡量标准必须适合老年人。本文报告了验证的措施，老年人的生活水平的基础上森的能力方法。使用这种方法，生活水平被概念化为从限制到自由，而不是从艰苦到舒适。利用新西兰老龄问题纵向研究对3，923名50-87岁成年人进行的综合调查，评估了该措施的有效性。结果表明，这项措施评估了老年人能够取得的成就。此外，与根据人们拥有的东西从艰苦到舒适评估生活水平的现有衡量标准相比，这一衡量标准更好地区分了生活水平较高的人群。由此，一个简短的形式的措施已经制定，提供了一个概念为基础的和有效的措施，对老年人的调查研究有用。这一生活水平的衡量标准为今后更好地了解晚年的社会经济状况提供了途径。
ABSTRACT The impact of disparities in socio-economic status on the health of older people is an important issue for policy makers in the context of population ageing. As older people live in different types of economic circumstances and because, as people age, their desires and needs are different to those of younger generations, measures of living standards need to be appropriate for older people. This paper reports on the validation of a measure of living standards for older people based on Sen's Capability Approach. Using this approach, living standards are conceptualised as varying from constraint to freedom rather than from hardship to comfort. Using the New Zealand Longitudinal Study of Ageing omnibus survey of 3,923 adults aged 50–87 years, the validity of the measure was assessed. The results indicate that this measure assesses what older people are able to achieve. In addition, this measure discriminates better at the higher end of the living standards spectrum than an existing measure that assesses living standards from hardship to comfort in terms of what people possess. From this, a short form of the measure has been developed which offers a conceptually based and valid measure useful for survey research with older people. This measure of living standards provides future avenues for improved understandings of socio-economic position in later life.
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4.6
作者：
Pfoertner, Timo-Kolja;Andress, Hans-Juergen;Janssen, Christian
通讯作者：
Janssen, Christian