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Transitions in living arrangements among elders in Japan — does health make a difference?
Author(s)	Joseph Winchester Brown, Jersey Laing, Neal Krause
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 4, July 2002
Pages	pp S209-S220
Keywords	Living patterns ; Adjustment ; Ill health ; Longitudinal surveys ; Japan.
Annotation	The hypothesis is tested that poor health triggers a change in older Japanese people's living conditions, using data from a national probability sample of 2,200 Japanese people aged 60+. Four surveys of this sample were conducted over a 9-year period, from 1987 to 1996. Multinomial logit regression analyses were used to analyse the effects of demographic characteristics, socio-economic status and health on changes in living arrangements. Over the 9-year period, older Japanese people's living arrangements remained quite stable. Physical and mental health conditions were found to exert both direct and indirect effects on transitions in living arrangements. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020904205 A
Classmark	K7: DR: CH: 3J: 7DT
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