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Living arrangements of older adults in the Netherlands and Italy
— coresidence values and behaviour and their consequences for loneliness | | Author(s) | Jenny de Jong Gierveld, Theo van Tilburg |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 14, no 1, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1-24 |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Living alone ; Family relationships ; Family care ; Loneliness ; Social surveys ; Netherlands ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Value studies indicate that the process of individualisation in Europe has spread from the north, but southern European countries still have more traditional family orientations. Starting from this viewpoint, this paper investigates the effects of differences between the Netherlands and Italy as regards living arrangements of older people with and without partners. The consequence of living alone and of co-residence with adult children have been further investigated, using loneliness as the independent variable. Data are from face-to-face interviews with older men and women aged 55 to 89: 4494 in the Netherlands and 1570 in Italy. These show country-specific differences in household types of older people: the proportion of those living alone is much higher in the Netherlands, whereas the proportion of those living with their adult children as being higher in Italy. Controlled for age, health, sex, size and network support, household composition is still the most important determinant for loneliness. Living without a partner in the same household as one's adult children yields country-specific correlations that correspond with differences in value orientation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991012213 A |
| Classmark | K7: K8: DS:SJ: P6:SJ: DV: 3F: 76H: 76V |
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