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Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world
— an analysis of Demographic and Health Survey household surveys | | Author(s) | John Bongaarts, Zachary Zimmer |
| Corporate Author | Policy Research Division, Population Council |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 3, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp S145-S157 |
| Keywords | Demography ; Health [elderly] ; Living patterns ; Social surveys ; Literature reviews ; Developing countries. |
| Annotation | Results obtained using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) from 1990 to 1998 for 43 developing countries indicate large average household sizes are large, but with a substantially greater proportion of older people living alone than individuals in other age groups. Females are more likely than males to live alone, and are less likely to live with a spouse or head of a household. Heading a household and living in a large household and with young children is more prevalent in Africa than elsewhere. Co-residence with adult children is most common in Asia and least in Africa. Co-residence is more frequent with sons than with daughters in both Asia and Africa, but not in Latin America. As a country's level of schooling rises, most living arrangements indicate change with families becoming more nuclear. Urbanisation and gross national product (GNP) have no significant effects. Although living arrangements differ across world regions and genders, within-region variations exist and are explained in part by associations between countrywide levels of education and household structure. These associations may be caused by a variety of mediating factors, such as migration of children and preferences for privacy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020617212 A |
| Classmark | S8: CC: K7: 3F: 64A: 7B |
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