The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing
The aim of this study is to bring out the factors affecting life satisfaction of the elderly in Turkey. Generally it is not satisfactory to explainlife satisfaction only with objective indicators as physical health or education level. Likewise, life satisfaction is not lean on these objective indica...
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doaj-410f76c593ae466988a6f2bda15e56cc2020-11-24T22:19:20ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences2149-54592008-12-0172313330136The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality AgeingÖzgür Arun0Sosyoloji Bölümü, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, 06531, AnkaraThe aim of this study is to bring out the factors affecting life satisfaction of the elderly in Turkey. Generally it is not satisfactory to explainlife satisfaction only with objective indicators as physical health or education level. Likewise, life satisfaction is not lean on these objective indicators. In addition to objective indicators, socio- cultural phenomena, symbolic-discoursal practices, and perceptions should be taken into consideration as the other factors determining the life satisfaction. In this context, four main fields including in particular-physical and psychological health, environment, socio-demographic and economic variables have gained importance as determinants of life satisfaction in old age in Turkeyhttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24248/257116?publisher=gantepyaşlılık yaşlı kaliteli yaşlanma yaşam memnuniyeti Türkiyeageing old age successful ageing life satisfaction Turkey |
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Özgür Arun The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences yaşlılık yaşlı kaliteli yaşlanma yaşam memnuniyeti Türkiye ageing old age successful ageing life satisfaction Turkey |
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The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing |
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The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing |
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The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing |
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The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing |
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The Adventure of Elderly in Turkey: Scenarios on the Quality Ageing |
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adventure of elderly in turkey: scenarios on the quality ageing |
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Gaziantep University |
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Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences |
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The aim of this study is to bring out the factors affecting life satisfaction of the elderly in Turkey. Generally it is not satisfactory to explainlife satisfaction only with objective indicators as physical health or education level. Likewise, life satisfaction is not lean on these objective indicators. In addition to objective indicators, socio- cultural phenomena, symbolic-discoursal practices, and perceptions should be taken into consideration as the other factors determining the life satisfaction. In this context, four main fields including in particular-physical and psychological health, environment, socio-demographic and economic variables have gained importance as determinants of life satisfaction in old age in Turkey |
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yaşlılık yaşlı kaliteli yaşlanma yaşam memnuniyeti Türkiye ageing old age successful ageing life satisfaction Turkey |
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