Activos, autónomos y contribuyentes: argumentos para la resignificación de las representaciones sociales sobre envejecimiento en Chile
Activos, autónomos y contribuyentes: argumentos para la resignificación de las representaciones sociales sobre envejecimiento en Chile
Authors
Rodríguez-Garcés, Carlos René
Padilla Fuentes, Geraldo Bladimir
Ávila Bascuñán, Javier Ignacio
Padilla Fuentes, Geraldo Bladimir
Ávila Bascuñán, Javier Ignacio
Authors
Date
2020
Datos de publicación:
Cultura, Hombre, Sociedad (CUHSO), Vol.30, N°2, 203-224, 2020
Keywords
Envejecimiento activo - Política pública - Bienestar subjetivo - Pobreza multidimensional - Organización familiar
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Abstract
El objetivo es indagar en la situación familiar, económica y multi-dimensional de personas mayores en Chile, cuestión clave para direccionar medidas políticas y programáticas. Utilizando datos CASEN, se analizan las tendencias de envejecimiento poblacional, los tipos de composición familiar con presencia de personas mayores y situación de pobreza y carencialidad que enfrentan los hogares, en especial respecto a contribuciones económicas y vulnerabilidad. Los resultados plantean que el grupo de personas mayores en Chile es activo y colabora en la economía familiar; no son integrantes dependientes ni recluidos en el hogar. Presentan bajos niveles de pobreza monetaria y carencialidad vinculada a la autonomía, apoyo social, trato igualitario y seguridad. La prioridad en materia política para este grupo reside en al menos tres desaf íos: garantizar condiciones laborales dignas para quienes desean seguir trabajando; fortalecer el enfoque multidimensional de medición de pobreza, capaz de capturar las carencias en hogares constituidos o con presencia de personas mayores; y mejorar las condiciones de habitabilidad y entorno que tienen los hogares, en particular accesibilidad a servicios públicos y transporte.
The objective is to investigate the family, economic and multidi-mensional situation of elderly people in Chile, a key issue to address political and programmatic measures. Using CASEN data, the trends in population aging, the types of family composition with presence of older people and the situation of poverty and deficiency faced by households are analyzed, especially regarding economic contributions and vulnerability. The results suggest that the group of elderly people in Chile is active and collaborates in the family economy; they are not dependent members or are confined in the home. They present low levels of monetary poverty and deficiency linked to autonomy, social support, equal treatment and security. The priority in political matters for this group lies in at least three challenges: guaranteeing decent working con-ditions for those who wish to continue working; strengthen the multidimen-sional approach to poverty measure, capable of capturing the shortcomings in established households or with the presence of older people; and to improve the living conditions and environment that households have, in particular ac-cessibility to public services and transportation.
The objective is to investigate the family, economic and multidi-mensional situation of elderly people in Chile, a key issue to address political and programmatic measures. Using CASEN data, the trends in population aging, the types of family composition with presence of older people and the situation of poverty and deficiency faced by households are analyzed, especially regarding economic contributions and vulnerability. The results suggest that the group of elderly people in Chile is active and collaborates in the family economy; they are not dependent members or are confined in the home. They present low levels of monetary poverty and deficiency linked to autonomy, social support, equal treatment and security. The priority in political matters for this group lies in at least three challenges: guaranteeing decent working con-ditions for those who wish to continue working; strengthen the multidimen-sional approach to poverty measure, capable of capturing the shortcomings in established households or with the presence of older people; and to improve the living conditions and environment that households have, in particular ac-cessibility to public services and transportation.