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The Association Between Physical Activity and Self-Rated Health Among Older Adults

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ID18958428
AuthorsI Putu Agus Dharma Hita (Yogyakarta State University, corresponding author), Wara Kushartanti (0000-0003-2733-5698, Yogyakarta State University), B M Wara Kushartanti, Elsa Ariestika (0000-0001-8669-7643, Yogyakarta State University), Widiyanto Widiyanto (0000-0002-9356-7713, Yogyakarta State University), Emmanuel Nizeyumukiza (0000-0003-1140-9453, Université des Grands Lacs)
Year2021
Volume29
Pages450-458
Publication date2021-05-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Population and Social Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2465-4418 • E-ISSN: 2465-4418
PublisherInstitute for Population and Social Research (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25133/jpssv292021.028
OpenAlexW3168023779
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Although there is substantial evidence on the association between physical activity and self-rated health among older adults globally, there is a paucity of findings on this topic for the aging Indonesian population. The present study was conducted to investigate the association between self-reported physical activity and self-rated health among older adults in Indonesia. The data used were from the fifth wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS). A multilevel regression approach was used for analysis. A sample of 1,813 older adults (aged 60 and over) within 311 communities was used in the study. Self-reported physical activity measured by time spent walking was the independent variable, and self-rated health was the dependent variable. The analysis was adjusted for gender, age, education level, marital status, religiosity, retirement status, neighborhood safety, extroversion, and subjective poverty. The results revealed that increased physical activity was consistently associated with better self-rated health in both unadjusted (β=0.04, p

Environmental health · Indonesian · Marital status · Multilevel model · Population · Poverty · Public health · Religiosity · Self-rated health · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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