BUKU ABSTRAK - Universiti Putra Malaysia

Social Sciences
Working in Old Age
Dr. Jariah Masud
Husna Sulaiman and Tengku Aizan Tengku A. Hamid
Institute of Gerontology, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8947 2754; jariah@putra.upm.edu.my
With increase life expectancy, one can expect to live longer life in old age. Those with insufficient financial
resources may need to work to earn a living; while those financially endowed may want to work on voluntary
basis. This paper focuses on elderly involvement in work and identifies characteristics of those who continue to
work into old age. Data collected among 2327 older persons age 55 to 75 in a nation-wide study on economic
and financial aspects of ageing are used in the analysis. There were 25.7% elderly in the study who were still
working while the rest have either stopped work or have never worked before, majority of whom were women.
Logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors that contribute to the likelihood of elderly working
in old age. The full model which contained independent variables such as sex, stratum, age, education, marital
status, having savings and investment, and perceived health status, was significant (p>0.000) and explained 25%
of the variation of the dependent variable (Nigelkerke R Square was 0.25). Results indicated that elderly males
were 3.4 times more likely to work than elderly females. The odds ratio of those living in the rural areas was 1.6
over urban residents, those married was also 1.6 compared to currently not married elderly while those having
investment (1.4 times) and savings (1.3 times) were more likely to work. The likelihood to work decline with
age while perceived poor health emerged as the strongest predictor, with 42 times the likelihood not to work
among the older persons. The findings obtained can help increase the understanding of implementers in designing
appropriate work in favorable environment for the elderly.
Keywords: Old age, work, perceived health, savings, investment
Socio-demographic Factors that Impinge Youth Acceptance towards Agriculture:
The Case of Contract Farming in Malaysia
Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence D’Silva
Jegak Uli, Bahaman Abu Samah and Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril
Institute of Social Science Studies, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8946 8599; hayrol82@gmail.com
Contract farming has been identified as one of the agriculture branches that have a huge potential to attract
youth participation in agriculture based on its bigger profits and easiness to conduct. This study intends to
investigate socio-demographic factor that affect acceptance towards contract farming among youth in Malaysia.
A total of 400 respondents were involved in this study. The respondents were selected from four universities in
Malaysia and all of them are either in Agriculture, Economic or other courses (social science and pure science).
From the ANOVA test conducted, it can be concluded that zone have significant difference with acceptance
towards contract farming while Pearson Correlation employed indicates that age and monthly expenditure have
no significant relationship with acceptance towards contract farming.
Keywords: Socio-demography factors, youth, acceptance, contract farming
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