MAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC VARIABLES AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO DE CAMPECHE

Aging is inevitable and the advancement of medicine is contributing to the longevity of people and with it a social achievement, however parallel to this scope there are already serious problems that have an impact on the quality of life of older adults. to be taken care of urgently. The present investigation has like objective analyze the relation of the main socioeconomic variables of the people of the third age and the well-being in this stage of the life. Conclusion: Of the 70 older adults interviewed, it was observed that 40% of men have a job, 48% are retired and 14.2 are retired, in the case of women 11.40% have a job, 17.14 % is retired and 51.3% is pensioned, being these situations their main source of income, in relation to education, despite the fact that 60% of women finish primary school, only 11.4% reach the undergraduate level, opposite situation in men to find that 40% finished primary and of these 26% becomes a professional, in terms of health was found that 86% of women and 50% of men suffer from one or more diseases.