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Older people in deprived neighbourhoods
— social exclusion and quality of life in old age | | Author(s) | Thomas Scharf, Chris Phillipson, Allison E Smith |
| Corporate Author | Growing Older (GO) Programme, Economic & Social Research Council - ESRC |
| Journal title | GO Findings: 19 - Research Findings from the Growing Older Programme, June 2003 |
| Publisher | ESRC, Sheffield, June 2003 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | ESRC Growing Older Programme, Department of Sociological Studies, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TU. www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/gop/index.htm |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Isolation ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Deprived areas ; Quality of life ; Research Reviews ; Newham ; Manchester ; Liverpool. |
| Annotation | In seeking to provide new insights into the nature of inequalities in older age, this study examined the degree to which residence in an area of concentrated poverty leads to a diminished quality of life. The research sought to examine five different forms of social exclusion judged as relevant to older people's circumstances, namely exclusion from: material resources, social relations, civic activities, basic services, and the neighbourhood. The experience of multiple exclusion was significantly linked to age 75+ and ethnicity. The research was undertaken in the three most deprived electoral wards in the three local authorities which ranked the lowest on the 1998 Indices of Local Deprivation: Liverpool, Manchester and the London Borough of Newham. Data collection consisted of a survey of 600 people aged 60+ in the three authorities, and semi-structured interviews with 130 people in the same age group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030820207 A |
| Classmark | F:W6: TP: RH: RN: F:59: 3A:6KC: 82LQ: 83E: 84B |
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