Ethnicity and Ageing in Singapore

Lee, William K.M.

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“…The researchers modelled not only functional disability, but also included social factors such as isolation and living arrangements (19). Including social factors such as these to project long-term care has received less attention, especially for ethnic minorities in Southeast Asian societies (46)(47)(48). They found that physical disability was projected to increase by five-fold, and social isolation would escalate by four-fold over the next 40 years (19).…”

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Cohort profile: Singapore’s nationally representative Retirement and Health Study with 5 waves over 10 years

Ng¹,

Tan²,

Tan³

2022

Epidemiol Health

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The Retirement and Health Study (RHS) is Singapore's largest nationally representative cohort with over 15,000 participants (aged 45-85years) followed across five timepoints in 10 years (2014 -2024). Accounting for sample weights, the sample represents 1.2 million Singaporeans and permanent residents of a total population of 5.5 million. The RHS sought consent to link survey responses to relevant administrative data, enabling the cross-validation of self-reports with national databases. There are 10 sections in the RHS with over 400 questions, 50% of which are on respondents' physical and mental health, healthcare utilization and insurance; the remaining 50% are about employment history, retirement adequacy, wealth, and household expenditure. The RHS was set up to provide microdata to compliment administrative data for whole-of-government policy making given that Singapore will reach super-aged status by 2026. Sample findings include a need for older adults to balance between immediate financial needs and investments regarding their pension funds. Also, 86% of older adults preferred to transit into partial retirement by reducing workloads.On the health front, existing studies utilising the RHS have revealed latent classes of disabilities, and that intentions to seek employment can mitigate disability developments.Another study reported that physical disability and social isolation was projected to increase, with ethnic disparities in social functioning. Overall, the RHS will be used for evidencedinformed policy agenda setting and evaluation across domains of health, finance, retirement adequacy, social and family development.

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Cohort profile: Singapore’s nationally representative Retirement and Health Study with 5 waves over 10 years

Ng¹,

Tan²,

Tan³

2022

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“…It argues that, as things currently stand, such arrangements are insufficient to meet the needs of an increasingly older population. One clear point of convergence though comes in the form of data from both Singapore and Malaysia, which suggests that such an over reliance on individual savings, drawn from relatively low wages, is failing to produce an adequate balance with which to fund members' lives beyond retirement (Ramesh with Asher, 2000;Yaacob, 2000;Lee, 2001). Choices made by both the state and individuals will have a direct impact upon the quality of life experienced by older people.…”

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“…So although the CPF portrays itself as a comprehensive social security plan (CPF, 1997), at present the same cannot be said of the EPF. One clear point of convergence though comes in the form of data from both Singapore and Malaysia, which suggests that such an over reliance on individual savings, drawn from relatively low wages, is failing to produce an adequate balance with which to fund members' lives beyond retirement (Ramesh with Asher, 2000;Yaacob, 2000;Lee, 2001). Malaysia is experiencing a demographic shift towards an ageing population, albeit at a slower rate than say Singapore, and it is this that gives Malaysia a window of opportunity to address income protection in old age before any sort of crisis point is reached.…”

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Malaysia: Approaches to Income Security in Old Age

Caraher

2003

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In most developed and developing nations individuals are actively being encouraged to save towards retirement via a plethora of savings mechanisms. In Malaysia, the reliance on individual savings through the Employees Provident Fund has costly implications for those in low paid, insecure employment, women and those working in the informal sector. Focussing on Malaysia, this paper seeks to present the pitfalls of such over reliance on the provident fund mechanism, which allows early access to savings and diverts members' contributions to subsidiary accounts. In conclusion, the paper suggests paths of reform which would, at the very least, lessen the growing threat of poverty and social exclusion amongst older Malaysians.

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Ageing and Downward Mobility in Later Life: The Negotiation of Life Chances by Vulnerable Older Persons in Singapore

Suen¹

2019

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Ethnicity and Ageing in Singapore

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Cohort profile: Singapore’s nationally representative Retirement and Health Study with 5 waves over 10 years

Cohort profile: Singapore’s nationally representative Retirement and Health Study with 5 waves over 10 years

Malaysia: Approaches to Income Security in Old Age

Ageing and Downward Mobility in Later Life: The Negotiation of Life Chances by Vulnerable Older Persons in Singapore

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