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| Relationship between living arrangements and the psychological well-being of older people in Hong Kong | | Author(s) | Ka-Man Ng, Tatia M C Lee, Iris Chi |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 23.4, December 2004 |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, December 2004 |
| Pages | pp 167-171 |
| Source | http://www.cota.org.au / http://www.blackwellpublishingasia.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Living alone ; Living with family ; Hostels ; Well being ; Correlation ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Three types of living arrangements are explored: living alone, living with family, and living in a hostel. The impact of various sociodemographic factors on older people's choice of living arrangements was also studied. 90 healthy Hong Kong Chinese were recruited from four multi-service centres and one hostel. An individual interview was conducted with each participant, and the General Health Questionnaire - (GHQ-12) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale - 10 (CES-D) were administered. The results suggested that the psychological well-being of older people living in hostels was better than that of older people living alone, but that the psychological well-being of older people living with their family was not different from that of older people living alone. That the psychological well-being of older people in different living arrangements is different may be explained by the differences in time for leisure, access to social services, as well as changes to their attitude towards co-residence with children. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050202214 A |
| Classmark | TKL: K8: KA:SJ: KVA: D:F:5HH: 49: 7DR |
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