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Social Indicators Research
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research 2/2017

23.03.2016

Poverty and Old Age in Scandinavia: A Problem of Gendered Injustice? Evidence from the 2010 GERDA Survey in Finland and Sweden

verfasst von: Mikael Nygård, Camilla Härtull, Annika Wentjärvi, Susanne Jungerstam

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 2/2017

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Abstract

This article investigates the prevalence of two forms of income poverty among older adults in Finland and Sweden from a gendered perspective. It examines differences in both objective and subjective (i.e. experienced) income poverty between older women and men, and asks to what extent the gender variable can explain these differences after controlling for the impact of other variables, such as education. The analysis is based on data from the Gerda 2010 survey, and covers 65-, 70-, 75- and 80-year-olds living in Österbotten, Finland and Västerbotten, Sweden. The results show a stronger prevalence of both objective and subjective income poverty among older women compared to that of men, and this systematic difference remains significant after controlling for other variables, although a mediating effect upon this association can be detected from variables such as health or education. As a whole, the results suggest that these two Nordic countries, despite their egalitarian welfare states and redistributive pension systems, may face a problem of gendered injustice in old age.
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Fußnoten
1
The acronym GERDA refers to the Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA 2012).
 
2
Finnish is the majority language in Finland, but there is also a Swedish-speaking minority, which resides predominantly in the region of Österbotten and the Åland archipelago.
 
3
The original phrasing of the items and response categories were: ‘What is your monthly income before taxes?’ (response categories: 1 = 0–500 €/0–5000 SEK, 2 = 501–1000 €/5001–10000 SEK, 3 = 1001–1500 €/10,001–15,000 SEK, 4 = more than 1500 €/15000 SEK).
 
4
The original phrasing of the item and response categories were: ‘In your economic situation, is it possible to make ends meet?’ (response categories: 1 = without difficulty, 2 = with some difficulty, 3 = difficult, 4 = very difficult).
 
5
The original phrasing of the items was: ‘How many years of school do you have?’ (continuous variable) and ‘In general, how would you say your health is?’ (1 = excellent, 2 = very good, 3 = good, 4 = fair, 5 = poor).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Poverty and Old Age in Scandinavia: A Problem of Gendered Injustice? Evidence from the 2010 GERDA Survey in Finland and Sweden
verfasst von
Mikael Nygård
Camilla Härtull
Annika Wentjärvi
Susanne Jungerstam
Publikationsdatum
23.03.2016
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1313-6

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