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| Limiting long-term illness and household structure among people aged 45 and over, Great Britain 1991 | | Author(s) | Karen Glaser, Mike Murphy, Emily Grundy |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 17, part 1, January 1997 |
| Pages | pp 3-19 |
| Keywords | Household and family composition ; Health [elderly] ; Ill health ; Long term ; Rate. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between health and household composition among older people. Data from the 1991 Census was used to examine the frequency of limiting long-term illness among older people according to different types of living arrangements. These data include those in institutions; previous studies based only on private households have underestimated the prevalence of illness among older people. Higher frequencies of long-term illness were found in individuals not living in families (either alone or with others) or in lone parent families, compared with those living as a couple. Results also show a previously unreported clustering of long-term illness in households: those over 45 suffering from a limiting long-term illness were more likely than those without such an illness to live in households including others with long-term illness. These results suggest that health should be considered from a household, rather than just an individual perspective. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970224001 A |
| Classmark | K7:SJ: CC: CH: 4Q: 4H |
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