Ageing in Norwegian rural and urban communities
| Autor: | Arild Blekesaune, Marit S. Haugen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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social participation
social networks Geography Planning and Development 0507 social and economic geography Social Sciences Social Welfare Norwegian Management Monitoring Policy and Law rural-urban differences living conditions 03 medical and health sciences 030502 gerontology Elderly people norway Socioeconomics Nature and Landscape Conservation volunteer work 05 social sciences Subsidy Agriculture Social engagement language.human_language Medical services Geography quality of life Turnover ageing language 0305 other medical science 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | European Countryside European Countryside, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 232-246 (2018) |
| Popis: | This paper, based on data from two recent national surveys of the residents of municipalities in Norway, compares rural and urban elderly people’s degree of satisfaction with locally available services and their reported involvement with others in the community. It focuses in particular on their living conditions and indicators of well-being, including their access to home care and medical services and their degree of participation and trust in local social networks. Two findings stand out. First, contrary to common expectations, rural residents are at least as satisfied with their home care and medical services as their urban counterparts are. This parity reflects Norway's policy of subsidizing social welfare services in sparsely populated areas. Second, in keeping with common expectations, they report more frequent social contacts with their neighbours and greater participation in voluntary work than urban residents do. Ageing in Norwegian rural and urban communities © 2018, The Author(s). Open Access, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license. |
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