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Does living alone damage men's health?
Author(s)Angela Donkin
Journal titleHealth Statistics Quarterly, no 11, Autumn 2001
Pagespp 11-16
KeywordsLiving alone ; Older men ; Ill health ; Death rate [statistics].
AnnotationRecent research has suggested that middle-aged men living alone are in worse health than others. Analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study (LS) for both 1971 and 1981 confirms this. Men aged 45 and over who lived alone in 1981 had higher mortality rates than men who lived with others in the following 18 years, and were also more likely to report a limiting long-term illness (LLTI) in 1991, after controlling for age. However, analyses of the determinants of mortality and LLTI suggested that living alone was not independently associated with higher mortality or morbidity after taking account of marital status in 1981, and change in marital status between 1971 and 1981, for most marital status situations. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010905216 A
ClassmarkK8: BC: CH: S5

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