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The effects of socioeconomic status and health on transitions in living arrangements and mortality
— a longitudinal analysis of elderly Finnish men and women from 1997 to 2002 | | Author(s) | Pekka Martikainen, Elina Nihtilä, Heta Moustgaard |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 2, March 2008 |
| Pages | pp S99-S109 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Death ; Living patterns ; Transitional phase ; Older men ; Older women ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | The authors used a 40% sample (n=250787) of Finnish men and women aged 65+ living alone or with a partner on 31 December 1997 drawn from population registers, and followed up for transitions in living arrangements and death at the end of 2001. Health conditions associated with functional difficulties were major determinants of institutionalisation and death, and were associated with transition between private households. Low income among men and in particular not owning a home were independently associated with institutionalisation and death among those living alone or with a partner at baseline. Among those living with a partner, the transition to living alone was associated with all socioeconomic factors but most strongly with a low income and not owning a home. Transitions to living with others were associated in particular with low occupational social class and education. Variations in the associations of different socioeconomic indicators with living arrangement transitions imply different social pathways. However, material socioeconomic indicators determined other measures of socioeconomic status in determining such transitions, and their effects were only partly mediated by chronic conditions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080729206 A |
| Classmark | F:W: CC: CW: K7: 4MT: BC: BD: 3J: 76L |
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