Widowhood, Socio-Economic Status, Health and Wellbeing in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Lloyd‐Sherlock, Peter; Corso, Barbara; Minicuci, Nadia

doi:10.1080/00220388.2015.1066497

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“…More functionally, partnerships offer 'protection effects' which impact upon wellbeing, such as division of labour, and emotional support/companionship from people sharing similar goals and ideals (Arrindell & Luteijn, 2000). However, we can note here that the positive impact of relationships can be mediated by cultural context; for example, there are greater social costs to being unmarried in cultures where marriage is a norm (Vanassche, Swicegood, & Matthijs, 2013); similarly, the negative impact of separation and widowhood are mediated by intersubjective factors, such as the cultural status of widows (Lloyd-Sherlock, Corso, & Minicuci, 2015). Thus, as we explore below in the third section on 'universal relativism,' universal needs (e.g., relationships) may intertwine with culturally-specific factors in complex ways.…”

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confidence: 79%

Positive cross-cultural psychology: Exploring similarity and difference in constructions and experiences of wellbeing

Lomas¹

2015

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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Critical theorists have accused positive psychology of paying insufficient attention to cultural variation in the way wellbeing is constructed and experienced. While there may be some merit to this claim, the field has developed a more nuanced appreciation of culture than its critics suggest. However, it could also be argued that positive psychology has not sufficiently appreciated or absorbed the wealth of literature within cross-cultural psychology pertaining to wellbeing. This paper aims to forge a bridge between positive psychology and cross-cultural psychology by introducing the idea of 'positive cross-cultural psychology,' an interdisciplinary conceptual space for existing and future cross-cultural research on wellbeing. Moreover, the paper offers a meta-theoretical perspective on trends within this literature. It is suggested that crosscultural research is underpinned by two broad orienting perspectives: a 'universalising' perspective, which holds that, despite apparent cultural differences, people share a common human nature; and a 'relativising' perspective, which argues that people are strongly shaped by their cultural context. However, the paper finally argues that most research can actually be seen as offering a synthesising perspective -labelled here as 'universal relativism' -which recognises universals in the ways wellbeing is sought, constructed and experienced, but allows for extensive variation in the ways these universals are shaped by culture.

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Section: Universalismmentioning

confidence: 79%

Positive cross-cultural psychology: Exploring similarity and difference in constructions and experiences of wellbeing

Lomas¹

2015

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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“…Widowers, even when elderly, are far more likely to remarry. 36 but this is not the case for widows, who, if they do remarry, rarely do so of their own free will. As a result, many women spend a long period of their lives in widowhood, with all its associated disadvantages and stigmas.…”

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Characterisation of the rural indigent population in Burkina Faso: a screening tool for setting priority healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa

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BackgroundIn Africa, health research on indigent people has focused on how to target them for services, but little research has been conducted to identify the social groups that compose indigence. Our aim was to identify what makes someone indigent beyond being recognised by the community as needing a card for free healthcare.MethodsWe used data from a survey conducted to evaluate a state-led intervention for performance-based financing of health services in two districts of Burkina Faso. In 2015, we analysed data of 1783 non-indigents and 829 people defined as indigents by their community in 21 villages following community-based targeting processes. Using a classification tree, we built a model to select socioeconomic and health characteristics that were likely to distinguish between non-indigents and indigents. We described the screening performance of the tree using data from specific nodes.ResultsWidow(er)s under 45 years of age, unmarried people aged 45 years and over, and married women aged 60 years and over were more likely to be identified as indigents by their community. Simple rules based on age, marital status and gender detected indigents with sensitivity of 75.6% and specificity of 55% among those 45 years and over; among those under 45, sensitivity was 85.5% and specificity 92.2%. For both tests combined, sensitivity was 78% and specificity 81%.ConclusionIn moving towards universal health coverage, Burkina Faso should extend free access to priority healthcare services to widow(er)s under 45, unmarried people aged 45 years and over, and married women aged 60 years and over, and services should be adapted to their health needs.Ethics considerationsThe collection, storage and release of data for research purposes were authorised by a government ethics committee in Burkina Faso (Decision No. 2013-7-066). Respondent consent was obtained verbally.

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“…This evidence suggests that being married may carry some advantages. Similarly, using data on 17,009 women aged 50 and over from the WHO's Survey of Ageing and Adult Health for China, Ghana, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa, Lloyd-Sherlock et al (2015) found associations between widowhood and socioeconomic status in all five countries.…”

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Why Are some Older Persons Economically Vulnerable and Others Not? The Role of Socio-Demographic Factors and Economic Resources in the Nigerian Context

Adisa

2019

Ageing Int

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Socio-demographic factors and economic resources can help to explain why some older people may be more economically vulnerable than others in developing countries. Drawing on data from a representative sample of urban households from the 2010 Nigerian General Household Panel Survey (NGHPS), this study examines economically vulnerable older persons in Nigeria using a log-linear regression model to identify determinants of economic vulnerability. Sociodemographic factors such as age, household size, household structure, and regional location accounted for significant economic capacity differences among older groups in urban settings. This article discusses some policy options for improving the welfare of economically vulnerable older people in Nigeria.

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Widowhood, Socio-Economic Status, Health and Wellbeing in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Cited by 55 publications

References 38 publications

Positive cross-cultural psychology: Exploring similarity and difference in constructions and experiences of wellbeing

Positive cross-cultural psychology: Exploring similarity and difference in constructions and experiences of wellbeing

Characterisation of the rural indigent population in Burkina Faso: a screening tool for setting priority healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa

Why Are some Older Persons Economically Vulnerable and Others Not? The Role of Socio-Demographic Factors and Economic Resources in the Nigerian Context

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