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Demographic, behavioural and socio-economic influences on the survival of retired people — evidence from a ten year follow-up study of the General Household Survey, 1994
Author(s)	Brian Johnson, Ann Langford
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, no 44, Winter 2009
Pages	pp 27-34
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Keywords	Retired persons ; Longevity ; Life expectancy tables ; Economic status [elderly] ; Alcoholism ; Tobacco smoking ; Demography ; Living patterns ; Longitudinal surveys.
Annotation	This article reports on a longitudinal analysis of a sample of residents who were 65 or over when interviewed for the 1994 General Household Survey. It investigates the relationship between the lifestyle and socioeconomic status of respondents and their likelihood of survival over a ten year period. Smokers at the time of the interview had a risk of mortality 78 per cent greater than non-smokers. Non-drinkers appeared to have a higher mortality risk than those who drank up to the government's recommended maximum per week. However, further analysis suggested that this result may be a product of the health status of respondents at the time of interview. Type of housing tenure and region of residence were predictive of survival, but occupation-based social class was not. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100224202 A
Classmark	BB6: BGA: S7: F:W: ETA: ETT: S8: K7: 3J
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