Social Participation and Health among Ageing People in East-Central Europe

• Authors: Alexandra Makai , Viktória Prémusz , Kata Füge , Mária Figler , Kinga Lampek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study we examined the health of the ageing population of East-Central Europe. Data derived from the 6th round of the European Social Survey. The aim of our research was to examine the most important factors that determine ageing people’s health status. We paid particular attention to the social ties of our target group.

Keywords

EN

social activity; ESS; ageing adults; self-rated health

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Practice and Theory in Systems of Education
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 177-185

Dates

published

2015-05-01

received

2014-12-31

accepted

2015-04-21

online

2015-07-29

Contributors

author

Alexandra Makai

• University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

author

Viktória Prémusz

• University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

author

Kata Füge

• University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

author

Mária Figler

• University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

author

Kinga Lampek

• University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ptse-2015-0017