a Department of Sociology , Mississippi State University , Mississippi , Mississippi State , USA.
b Departments of Health Sciences, and Women's & Gender Studies , University of Missouri , Columbia , Missouri , USA.
J Aging Soc Policy. 2019 Mar-Apr;31(2):138-154. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2018.1542243. Epub 2018 Nov 24.
Noncontributory pensions serve as an important resource for poverty-affected households in low- and middle-income countries. This study explores how a recent policy change to pension receipt influences perceived quality of life among older South Africans. We use survey data from the longitudinal World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health and from the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System census. We find pension receipt to have a positive impact on both men's and women's perceived quality of life. These findings hold when controlling for prior well-being status. We find a significant moderating factor of physical limitations on the relationship between pension receipt and quality of life. Individuals reporting the highest levels of physical limitation report a larger increase in their quality of life upon pension receipt than those with less severe physical limitations. We conclude that despite the well-documented household income-pooling in this population, pension receipt still leads to a significant positive impact on pensioners' perceived quality of life.
非缴费型养老金是中低收入国家中受贫困影响家庭的一项重要资源。本研究探讨了最近的养老金领取政策变化如何影响南非老年人的生活质量感知。我们使用了来自纵向世界卫生组织全球老龄化和成人健康研究以及阿格因库尔健康和社会人口监测系统普查的调查数据。我们发现养老金领取对男性和女性的生活质量感知都有积极影响。这些发现控制了之前的幸福感状况后仍然成立。我们发现身体限制是养老金领取和生活质量之间关系的一个显著调节因素。报告身体限制程度最高的人在领取养老金后，其生活质量的提升幅度比身体限制程度较低的人更大。我们的结论是，尽管在这一人群中存在有充分记录的家庭收入集中现象，但养老金领取仍然对领取养老金者的生活质量感知产生了显著的积极影响。
