Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia.
Data from the 2004 Economic and Financial Aspects of Aging in Malaysia were used to examine factors associated with having savings and land ownership among the Malay, Chinese, and Indian elderly in Malaysia. Those with lower levels of education, income and selfreported health were less likely to hav...
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Malaysian Consumer and Family Economics Association
2011
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| author | Haron, Sharifah Azizah Sharpe, Deanna L. Masud, Jariah Abdel-Ghany, Mohamed |
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| description | Data from the 2004 Economic and Financial Aspects of Aging in Malaysia were used to examine factors associated with having savings and land ownership among the Malay, Chinese, and Indian elderly in Malaysia. Those with lower levels of education, income and selfreported health were less likely to have savings. Also, Indians were less likely than Malay or Chinese to have savings. Land ownership was more likely for those with higher income, larger family size, the widowed or separated and females. Indians were more likely than Malay or Chinese own land. Value of land holdings was significantly higher for the Chinese as compared to the Malay and Indians.
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| spelling | upm.eprints-242562015-09-14T00:46:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24256/ Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. Haron, Sharifah Azizah Sharpe, Deanna L. Masud, Jariah Abdel-Ghany, Mohamed Data from the 2004 Economic and Financial Aspects of Aging in Malaysia were used to examine factors associated with having savings and land ownership among the Malay, Chinese, and Indian elderly in Malaysia. Those with lower levels of education, income and selfreported health were less likely to have savings. Also, Indians were less likely than Malay or Chinese to have savings. Land ownership was more likely for those with higher income, larger family size, the widowed or separated and females. Indians were more likely than Malay or Chinese own land. Value of land holdings was significantly higher for the Chinese as compared to the Malay and Indians. Malaysian Consumer and Family Economics Association 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24256/1/Ethnic%20differences%20in%20the%20probability%20of%20saving%20and%20owning%20land%20among%20elderly%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Haron, Sharifah Azizah and Sharpe, Deanna L. and Masud, Jariah and Abdel-Ghany, Mohamed (2011) Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics, 14 (1). pp. 59-75. ISSN 1511-2802 http://macfea.blogspot.com/ English |
| spellingShingle | Haron, Sharifah Azizah Sharpe, Deanna L. Masud, Jariah Abdel-Ghany, Mohamed Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. |
| title | Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. |
| title_full | Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. |
| title_fullStr | Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. |
| title_short | Ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in Malaysia. |
| title_sort | ethnic differences in the probability of saving and owning land among elderly in malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24256/1/Ethnic%20differences%20in%20the%20probability%20of%20saving%20and%20owning%20land%20among%20elderly%20in%20Malaysia.pdf |
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