A Scoping Review of Income Support Programs Offered to Older Adults Living in South Asian Countries between 2000 and 2021
Table 1
Summary of the included studies according to study designs.
n (%)
Observational (quantitative) (n = 8)
Secondary data analysisγ (n = 32)
Mixed methods (n = 11)
Qualitative (n = 4)
Reviews or other (n = 60)
Total
(1) Types of resources
Journal article
6 (75.0)
13 (40.6)
2 (18.2)
1 (25.0)
19 (31.7)
41 (35.7)
Organization report
2 (25.0)
13 (40.6)
4 (36.4)
2 (50.0)
18 (30.0)
39 (33.9)
Working paper
0.0
4 (12.5)
1 (9.1)
0.0
10 (16.7)
15 (13.0)
Thesis/dissertation
0.0
2 (6.3)
3 (27.3)
1 (25.0)
0.0
6 (5.2)
Book/book chapter
0.0
0.0
1 (9.1)
0.0
7 (11.7)
8 (7.0)
Policy/program brief
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2 (3.3)
2 (1.7)
Otherφ
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4 (6.7)
4 (3.5)
Total
8 (100.0)
32 (100.0)
11 (100.0)
4 (100.0)
60 (100.0)
115 (100.0)
Secondary data analysisγ: included studies where secondary data (from reports and surveys) were used for analysis. Otherφ = program guidelines, government gazette, a proposal for the national program, and a one-pager brief from the organization.
