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An anatomy of old-age disability: Time use, affect and experienced utility.
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Journal of Health Economics . Dec2015, Vol. 44, p150-160. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Complementing the commonly used concepts of evaluative wellbeing and decision utility, emotional wellbeing and experienced utility are important welfare criteria to assess individuals' subjective wellbeing, especially for valuing health and disability. Yet, almost all empirical evidences on the link between disability and experienced wellbeing come from developed countries. This paper studies the relationship between old-age disability and experienced utility in five low- and middle-income countries. Using data on individual time use and activity-specific affective experiences from an abbreviated version of the Day Reconstruction Method, we document a strong negative association between disability and experienced utility. These differences in experienced utility by disability status are exclusively due to worse activity-specific affective experiences among persons with disabilities. By contrast, disability-related differences in time use provide small compensating effects. Interventions or technologies that facilitate daily life hold most promise to improve experienced utility among persons with disabilities in the developing world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TIME management
*WELL-being
*LOW-income countries
*MIDDLE-income countries
*PSYCHOLOGICAL aspects of aging
*MENTAL health
*QUALITY of life
*ACTIVITIES of daily living
*AGING
*FAMILIES
*SATISFACTION
*TIME
*WORLD health
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*STATISTICAL models
*PSYCHOLOGY
AGE factors in disabilities
DEVELOPING countries
PSYCHOLOGY of People with disabilities
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01676296
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 111568257
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.09.003