The Generation Gap: Age and Well-being in New Zealand

Volume: 39, Pages: 51 - 75
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Abstract
This paper explores the way subjective well-being varies with age. It is motivated by the relatively high level of suicide among young adults in New Zealand compared to other new settler countries like Australia, Canada and the USA. Since the Second World War age specific suicide rates of the young have increased in many countries while those of the old have fallen. This generational switch in age-specific suicide rates is believed to reflect an...
Paper Details
Title
The Generation Gap: Age and Well-being in New Zealand
Published Date
Jan 1, 2013
Volume
39
Pages
51 - 75
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