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| Changes in the living arrangements of elderly people in Greece : 1974-1999 | | Author(s) | Eleni Karagiannaki |
| Corporate Author | ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - CASE, Suntory-Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines - STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Publisher | STICERD, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 28 pp (CASEpaper 104) |
| Source | Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Living with family ; Economic status [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Greece. |
| Annotation | During the period 1974-1999, the percentage of older people living with their adult children in Greece reduced from 55% to about 32%. This paper examines determinants of this decrease in intergenerational co-residence and its implications for economic well-being. The main factor that has contributed to this change in living arrangements has been the increase in pension incomes. Although income was the most important force driving the increase in independent living among older Greeks throughout the period examined, its contribution to the change reduced significantly during the 1990s. As the importance of incomes in accounting for changes in older people's co-residence rates reduces over time, so the contribution of the unobserved year effect rises. This finding points to the role of changing preferences to determining intergenerational co-residence. Despite the substantial decrease in intergenerational co-residence, the family in Greece still plays a very significant role in protecting poor older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060228214 B |
| Classmark | K7: KA:SJ: F:W: 3J: 76X |
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