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| Changes in the household composition among the over sixties: a longitudinal analysis of the Health and Lifestyle Surveys | | Author(s) | Elizabeth Pendry, Geraldine Barrett, Christina Victor |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 7, no 2, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 109-119 |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Living alone ; Living with others ; Living with family ; Longitudinal surveys ; Social surveys ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Analyses of longitudinal data from the Health and Lifestyle Surveys (HALS) in the United Kingdom (UK) were carried out in order to examine the household changes of older people. Respondents who were interviewed at both the first HALS survey in 1984/85 (HALS1) and the second survey 7 years later (HALS2) and were aged 60 years and over in HALS1 were selected, a total of 1156 persons. Changes in household composition between the two surveys were examined and the relationship of these changes to sociodemographic factors and to both cross-sectional and longitudinal health factors were investigated. Results showed that almost one-third of respondents changed household type, the majority changing to live alone and only a small proportion changing to live in households with their child/children or with others. Household changes were associated with poor and declining health and the rate of change was found to increase with age. In the case of ill health the first source of practical support was generally from within the household. Where this was not available, it was sought from the wider community or the state. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990308404 A |
| Classmark | K7: K8: KA: KA:SJ: 3J: 3F: 8 |
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