Explaining the Patterns of Expenditure of Older Person in Rural Community in Malaysia

Wan-Ibrahim Wan Ahmad¹ , Muhammad Nur Manuty² , Salmijah Surif³ , Zainab Ismail⁴ , Muhammad Haffiz Muhammad Isa⁵ , Nadzirah Samsuddin⁶ , Abdul Rahman Yasin⁷ , Rohana Kamaruddin⁸ , Shahrul Hizam Mokhtar⁹ , Zuljalaludin Abd Rani¹⁰ , Mohd Syukri Kamis¹¹ , Mohd Nasir Mohd Tap¹² , Muhammad Kamil Yazid¹³ , I. Komang Astina¹⁴ , Singgih Susilo¹⁵

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.4 , pp.31-35, Apr-2022

Online published on Apr 30, 2022

Copyright © Wan-Ibrahim Wan Ahmad, Muhammad Nur Manuty, Salmijah Surif, Zainab Ismail, Muhammad Haffiz Muhammad Isa, Nadzirah Samsuddin, Abdul Rahman Yasin, Rohana Kamaruddin, Shahrul Hizam Mokhtar, Zuljalaludin Abd Rani, Mohd Syukri Kamis, Mohd Nasir Mohd Tap, Muhammad Kamil Yazid, I. Komang Astina, Singgih Susilo . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Nowadays, in most parts of the world, older persons are increasingly becoming a larger share of the total population. Malaysia, as in other parts of the developing countries, has also shown signs of population ageing. Despite the number of the population of people aged 60 years are still small, the older people in Malaysia are going towards ageing. Following the number and percentage of older persons are growing, the need to gather information on this category of the population has become an urgent need. The aim of this paper is to discuss the patterns and reasons of expenditure of Muslim older person’s household in the rural community in Malaysia. Mixed methods research was selected as a research design, and one district in one of the states in Malaysia was chosen as a location of the study. A total of 214 older persons as respondents, and 10 older persons as research participants, were chosen for the study. Data were collected through questionnaires and unstructured interviews. Data collected through questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques, and data collected through unstructured interviews were analyzed using a narrative approach. The result showed that older persons used the whole of their income for food. It showed that the level of the standard of living of older persons in the study area was relatively low. The result also showed that the reasons of expenditure were related to the level of income of older persons, family size, and culture of rural communities. In conclusion, Muslim older persons in rural communities need proper financing, good family and social support to be able to earn a decent life.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Elderly, Older population, Population aging, Demographic transition

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