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Subjective Income Security of (Middle) Aging and Elderly Canadians*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Peri Ballantyne  and
Victor W. Marshall
Peri Ballantyne
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Victor W. Marshall
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
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Résumé

Nous avons examiné la sécurité du revenu subjective chez les Canadiens de 45 ans et plus à l'aide de données quantitatives. Nous avons étudié la relation entre les variables démographiques, socio-économiques et socio-psychologiques et la sécurité du revenu par le biais d'analyses multidimensionnelles, notamment la possibilité d'une insatisfaction à l'égard du revenu actuel ou prévu. Notre examen porte sur plusieurs résultats imprévus reliés aux effets de l'âge, de la situation maritale et du sexe sur la sécurité du revenu subjective. Cinq théories socio-psychologiques pourraient contribuer à l'explication de ces résultats: la théorie de l'aspiration, la théorie du groupe de référence, la théorie de l'équité, l'examen de la vie et la théorie de la socialisation et de l'identité. Bien que ces théories ne puissent être vérifiées en partant des données utilisées, elles fournissent une orientation de recherche éventuelle. Nous concluons que l'évaluation subjective du revenu adéquat ne doit pas constituer le fondement de l'établissement des politiques sociales de la redistribution du revenu.

Keywords

AgingIncome SecuritySubjective SecurityVieillissementsécurité du revenusécurité subjective
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , Été/Summer 2001 , pp. 151 - 174
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2001

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