Abstract
<p>Elderly especially widower and widow must have done family resources management<br />(FRM) in order to achieve satisfaction in life. This study was conducted to analyze the<br />influence of family resource management on life satisfaction of elderly widower and<br />widow. This study was using cross-sectional study with purposive for site selection in<br />Timbulharjo Village, Sewon Subdistrict, Bantul, Yogyakarta Province. Total of 60<br />samples were gathered with a combination of simple random sampling and snow-ball<br />techniques. The results of this study indicated atsocioeconomic status of the widower<br />was higher in terms of average age and duration of education rather than widows,<br />moreover the income of elderly widower greater than the widows. Non-food<br />expenditure, stress management, and time management had a positive effect on the<br />satisfaction of elderly life hence the more allocation on non-food expenditure, the better<br />of stress management and time management could improve life satisfaction of the<br />elderly. In addition, marital status associated and had a significant negative effect<br />towards life satisfaction which mean that life satisfaction of elderly widower higher than<br />the widow.</p>
Highlights
According to Constitution No 13 of 1998, elderly is someone who has reached 60 years of age or over
The results shown that there were no significant differences (p= 0,207) between of the average age between elderly widower (76,80 years) and widow (73,50 years)
42,90 percent of the elderly widower work as farmers, while each 35,75 percent of the elderly widows work as laborers and traders
Summary
According to Constitution No 13 of 1998, elderly is someone who has reached 60 years of age or over. In Indonesia increasing annually and the population has been predicted to reach 11,83 percent in 2025 and 15,77 percent in 2035. This shows Indonesia has entered the era of aging population. According to BPS (2015) elderly people whose age 60 years old and over exceeds 7 percent of total population Indonesians, resulting in an increased of life expectancy. According to Erikson (1996) in Papalia et al, (2008) elderly is at the ego of integrity versus despair stage, the peak performance in late adulthood will be reflected by satisfaction with achievement in their life. Mauceri et al, (2013) found that Spaniards were more satisfied than Italians in all aspects of their future life over respect for social, physical and environmental relationships
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