Understanding the Lived Experiences and Financial Realities of Older Immigrants
- Authors
- Ferrer, Ilyan; Lee, Yeonjung; Khan, Mohammad N.
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Publisher
- CANADIAN ETHNIC STUDIES ASSOC
- Keywords
- Financial literacy and capability; financial realities; aging; older immigrants; structured dependency; photovoice; 10-year and 20-year dependency period
- Citation
- CANADIAN ETHNIC STUDIES-ETUDES ETHNIQUES AU CANADA, v.52, no.2, pp 53 - 78
- Pages
- 26
- Journal Title
- CANADIAN ETHNIC STUDIES-ETUDES ETHNIQUES AU CANADA
- Volume
- 52
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 53
- End Page
- 78
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/70620
- ISSN
- 0008-3496
1913-8253
- Abstract
- This article describes a small-scale photovoice study examining the financial literacy of older immigrants in Canada. Older immigrants experience multiple forms of financial exclusion rooted in the intersections between age, race, gender, immigration, and labour history. While the existing literature notes how immigrants are more likely to be unbanked because of structural barriers such as inaccessible services and language barriers, few studies have explored how older immigrants discuss their experiences and financial conditions. Using a photovoice methodology, this paper explores the experiences of financial literacy among older immigrants in Calgary, Alberta through in-depth interviews and photographs taken by participants. We discuss the lived experiences and financial realities among older immigrants, how they perceive challenges to financial literacy as well as coping strategies. Themes focus on the ways in which histories of immigration and labour impact their financial security in later life. Photographs generated offer service providers and policy makers opportunities to think about and engage in interventions that better tackle issues of financial insecurity and inequality among older immigrants.
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