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| Gender differences in the correlates of loneliness among Japanese persons aged 50-70 | | Author(s) | Thijs van den Broek |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 36, no 3, September 2017 |
| Publisher | Wiley, September 2017 |
| Pages | pp 234-237 |
| Source | http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Loneliness ; 50-59 age group ; 60-64 age group ; Over 70s ; Older men ; Older women ; Japan. |
| Annotation | This study aimed to explore gender differences in the correlates of loneliness among Japanese people aged between 50 and 70. Logistic regression models were estimated on cross-sectional Japanese Generations and Gender Survey data of 4,057 people within this age range. Loneliness was measured as having a score of 2 or higher on the shortened De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale. For more than half of the respondents, De Jong Gierveld loneliness scores exceeded the threshold of 2. Loneliness was more prevalent among men than among women. Living without a spouse or partner was more strongly associated with loneliness for men than for women. Childlessness was more strongly associated with loneliness for women than for men. A large proportion of Japanese people between 50 and 70, particularly men, are lonely. Programmes aimed at reducing loneliness should acknowledge that antecedents of loneliness differ between women and men. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171027214 A |
| Classmark | DV: BBB: BBC: BBK: BC: BD: 7DT |
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