Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218008
Title: Participation of Spanish older people in educational courses: The role of sociodemographic and active ageing factors
Author: Villar Posada, Feliciano
Serrat Fernández, Rodrigo
Celdrán, Montserrat
Keywords: Aprenentatge actiu
Envelliment
Treball social amb les persones grans
Active learning
Aging
Social work with older people
Issue Date: Dec-2016
Publisher: Longman
Abstract: This study examines the factors associated with participation in educational courses among Spanish older people. Data were drawn from the Survey on Older People 2010, carried out by Spain’s National Institute of Older People and Social Services and based on a nationally representative sample. Overall, only 7.4 percent of the sample participated in an educational course. To analyse the factors related to this participation, we ran multivariate analyses using sociodemographic background data and participation in different kinds of active ageing activities. Gender, location, age, leisure activities, volunteering and political activity were found to be predictors of participation in educational courses. Leisure and productive activities showed greater predictive value for participation in educational courses than sociodemographic variables. In the light of the data, policies to promote older people’s participation in educational courses are discussed.
Note: Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928716664295
It is part of: Journal of European Social Policy, 2016, vol. 26, num.5, p. 417-427
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218008
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928716664295
ISSN: 0958-9287
Appears in Collections:Articles publicats en revistes (Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)

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