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| Living arrangement transitions among America's older adults | | Author(s) | Janet M Wilmoth |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 4, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 434-444 |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Living alone ; Living with family ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This analysis describes the relationship between age and transitions from four living arrangements: living alone, living with a spouse only, living with a child, and living with a spouse and child. Data from the National Survey of Families and Households (US), collected in 1987-88 and 1992-93, were used to calculate destination-specific hazard rates by age and to construct multiple-decrement life tables. Living alone or with a spouse were the most stable living arrangements during the early stages of later life, whereas for the oldest-old, living with a child was the most stable living arrangement. The young-old tended to exit living arrangements through changes in co-residence, whereas transitions among the oldest-old were primarily due to institutionalisation and death. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001403 A |
| Classmark | K7: K8: KA:SJ: 7T |
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