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Title	Socioeconomic Determinants of Health-Enhancing Expenditure among the Elderly in Malaysia: An Ethnic Comparison

Creator	Cheah, Yong Kang

Subject	consumption, determinant, elderly, health, socioeconomics I11, D01

Description	The objective of the present study is to examine the effects of socioeconomic factors on consumption of health-enhancing goods and services among different ethnicities of the elderly in Malaysia. The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) comprising 4573 respondents (aged ≥60) is exploited for analysis. The results suggest that age, income, gender, education and location of residence are significantly associated with consumption of health-enhancing goods and services. Specifically, there are negative relationships between the likelihood of consuming health-enhancing goods and services and older individuals, lower income earners, males, the less-educated, and rural dwellers. Based on these findings, several intervention strategies toward promoting the consumption of health-enhancing goods and services are suggested.

Publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Contributor	—

Date	2015-12-01

Type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article

Identifier	http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/8194

Source	Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; Vol 49, No 1 (2015): Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; 93-102 0126-1962

Language	en

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