Influencing Factors on Life Satisfaction Among Elderly in Myanmar (May Phyo Phyo Han, 2022)

An effort has been made in this thesis to study the influencing factors on life satisfaction among elderly in Myanmar by using the 2019 Inter-censal Survey data. Life satisfaction is a key part of subjective well-being. This study considered the relationship between selected aging indicators like aging index, old-age dependency ratio, potential support ratio, parent support ratio and median age, which showed that the population in Myanmar has recently confronted the unprecedented set of challenges on rapid aging population. Additionally, it was also employed the descriptive analysis, which showed that Myanmar people were not including of the successful aging because they were not productive and active aging, even though healthy aging. The main method was the multinomial logistic regression analysis, which showed that such indicators as general health status with the good and fair levels, participating in any community/activity, housing ownership status (owned) had a significant positive impact on the generally satisfying with the elderlies’ lives all, most and some of the time compared to none of the time. Moreover, educational attainment had significant positive impact, whereas the elderly males had singinficant negative impact on the life satisfaction among elderly all and most of the time compared to none. The elderly who are living in urban had significant negative impact on the life satisfaction among elderly most and some of the time compared to none. And then, the elderly who are married had significant positive impact on the life satisfaction among elderly most of the time compared to none