A Taxonomy of Weil-Being for Small-Town Elderly: A Case for Rural Diversity
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 24 (1) , 84-90
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/24.1.84
Abstract
This paper describes the development and content of a taxonomy of social and psychological well-being for a systematically-derived sample (n = 990) of elderly rural residents of 18 small towns in Kansas. Similarities and contrasts among the four largest well-being groups (“partially engaged,”“fully engaged,”“disengaged,” and “frail”) are detailed. Implications of the diversity and substance of well-being emerging from this taxonomy for rural service providers and researchers are discussed.Keywords
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