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PS 7.2 Ageing and Health

9:00 - 10:30am Thursday, 5th August, 2021

Presentation Type LIVE Session
Moderator: Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan , Ridwan Nugraha

1301 Health and Leisure Activities of Older Persons in Indonesia

Evi Nurvidya Arifin
Centre for Advanced Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Bagawan, Brunei Darussalam

Categories

8. Population Dynamics, Demographic Transition and Population Ageing

Abstract

The perception assumes older people have more free time. Whether this perception turns into a reality will depend
on many factors especially health status. This study examines whether health status determine the choice of leisure
activities, taking into account socio-demographic-economic factors using the nationwide 2015 inter-censal
population survey. Leisure activities are differentiated between sedentary leisure activities (watching television,
listening to the radio and reading), active leisure activities (travelling, sports, gardening and participating in social
activities), and no leisure. Health is measured with self-rated health/SRH, and functional limitation derived from
Washington Group measures. The multinomial regressions show SRH is significant, yet contrary to the expectation.
Persons reported not in good health do not prevent them from having sedentary or active leisure than those are in
good health. Older persons with functional difficulty choose different types of leisure. Persons with few functional
limitations are more likely to have sedentary leisure, but not active leisure. Multiple functional limitations prevent
them for having both types of leisure. Being male, married and educated higher than primary school are more likely
to have time for leisure than the reference groups. However, among others, having job has the highest magnitude
of the relationship with leisure activity.

1284 Does Social Capital explain Neighbourhood Heterogeneity in Health Outcomes
among Older Adults in India?

Jyoti Chaudhary, S.P. Singh
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Roorkee, India