By Bristol University Personal Finance Resource Centre (2013)
This new analysis, published as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (ESRC SDAI) is part of a major project exploring the financial dimensions of wellbeing and wider quality of life measures in older age. It uses new data from UK’s largest ever social survey, Understanding Society, to uncover preliminary findings about the ‘oldest old’ (aged over 85) and their levels of participation, wellbeing and health.