In this Book

ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
buy this book Buy This Book in Print
summary
This book examines common themes related to gender and ageing in countries in Southeast Asia. Derived from quantitative or qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, the chapters reveal how ageing has become tempered by globalization, cultural values, family structures, women's emancipation and empowerment, social networks, government policies, and religion. The chapters are concerned primarily with the following questions related to gender and ageing: (a) how do women and men experience old age? (b) do women and men have different means of coping financially and socially in their old age? (c) does having engaged in wage work for longer periods of time serve as an advantage to older men in contrast to older women? (d) does a woman's primary role as caregiver serve to disadvantage her in old age? (e) what kinds of identities have older women and men constructed for themselves? (f) do women and men prepare for ageing differently and has this preparation been mediated by educational levels? (g) does having a higher level of education make a difference to how one experiences ageing? (h) how does class shape the way women and men cope in old age? and (i) what does it mean to be a 'single' older person who has either lost a spouse through death or has never been married?

Table of Contents

restricted access Download Full Book
  1. Cover
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. List of Tables and Figures
  2. pp. vii-xiv
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. xv-xvi
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Contributors
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 1. Growing Old in Southeast Asia: What Do We Know About Gender?
  2. Theresa W. Devasahayam
  3. pp. 1-32
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 2. Gender and Ageing in Thailand: A Situation Analysis of Older Women and Men
  2. John Knodel, Napaporn Chayovan
  3. pp. 33-67
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 3. Gender and Well-Being of Older Persons in Cambodia
  2. John Knodel, Zachary Zimmer
  3. pp. 68-98
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 4. Preparations for Old Age and Social Participation of Present and Future Older Persons in Thailand: Gender Difference
  2. Vipan Prachuabmoh
  3. pp. 99-121
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 5. Gender and Health Status Among Older Adults in Vietnam
  2. Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan
  3. pp. 122-149
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 6. Ageing and Gender Preferences in Rural Indonesia
  2. Philip Kreager, Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill
  3. pp. 150-173
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 7. Exploring the Experiences of Older Men and Women in Caregiving and Care-receiving in Sarawak, Malaysia
  2. Ling How Kee
  3. pp. 174-197
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 8. An "Active Ageing" Approach to Living Alone: Older Men and Women Living in Rental Flats in Singapore
  2. Leng Leng Thang
  3. pp. 198-220
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 9. Ethnic Patterns and Styles of Active Ageing Among Widows and Widowers in Singapore
  2. Kalyani K. Mehta
  3. pp. 221-239
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 10. Employment Patterns of Older Women in Indonesia
  2. Aris Ananta
  3. pp. 240-266
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 11. Gender Differentials in Work and Income Among Older Malaysians
  2. Tey Nai Peng, Tengku Aizan Tengku Hamid
  3. pp. 267-287
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 12. Gender and Economic Well-Being Among Older Filipinos
  2. Grace T. Cruz, Anna Melissa C. Lavares, Maria Paz N. Marquez, Josefina N. Natividad, Yasuhiko Saito
  3. pp. 288-314
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 13. Work, Retirement and the Gender Divide in the Philippines
  2. Josefina N. Natividad, Yasuhiko Saito, Grace T. Cruz
  3. pp. 315-338
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Index
  2. pp. 339-353
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
Back To Top

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.