Concerns over the cost of living among older adults in Singapore

• Main Authors: NGU, Rachel, TAN, Micah, STRAUGHAN, Paulin T., KIM, Seonghoon, TOV, William, CHEONG, Grace, ZHANG, Xiaoyan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Cost of living; household income; well-being; older adults; Singapore; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics; Family, Life Course, and Society; Gerontology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/rosa_reports/13; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/rosa_reports/article/1012/viewcontent/ROSA_ResearchBrief_CostofLiving_3.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A post-National Day Rally survey conducted in August 2022 found that the rising cost of living and health-related issues were ranked among the top concerns of Singaporeans (Baharudin, 2022). This comes as no surprise as global crises such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian conf...