@article{cfa71b49d8354c5f8ec0b7a0f08d7388,
title = "Dependency Status and Happiness With Old Age on Java",
abstract = "Using data from a survey of elderly persons on Java, we investigate the prevalence of dependency states (functional, economic, and residential) and the implications of dependency status for happiness with old age. Whereas being dependent is common in the later years, many older persons still have dependents. Dependency on kin is not a negative situation in this context, but having economic dependents appears to be burdensome. Gender, being able to provide an inheritance, and rural-urban residence moderate the relationship between dependency status and happiness.",
keywords = "Asia, Happiness, Households, Intergenerational relationships, Life satisfaction",
author = "Laura Rudkin",
note = "Funding Information: 1This article is based on research funded by the MacArthur Foundation through the Center of International Research and Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Preparation of the manuscript was funded by a National Institute on Aging postdoctoral fellowship at the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I acknowledge the cooperation of the Biro Pusat Statistik in providing me with the data. Anne Pebley and Linda Martin gave me important input on the general research project and two anonymous reviewers provided valuable comments. I thank Meiwita Iskandar and Elizabeth Frankenberg for their assistance with the translation of specific survey questions.",
year = "1994",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1093/geront/34.2.217",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "34",
pages = "217--223",
journal = "The Gerontologist",
issn = "0016-9013",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",
}