Older Women Living Alone in the UK: Does Their Health and Wellbeing Differ from Those Who Cohabit?

IF 1.3 Q3 GERONTOLOGY
Journal of Population Ageing Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-08-08 DOI:10.1007/s12062-021-09344-4
Catherine Forward, Hafiz T A Khan, Pauline Fox
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With an increased prevalence of people living alone in later life, understanding the health and wellbeing of older women living alone in the UK is an important area of research. Little is known about health and wellbeing in this population and whether they differ from those who cohabit. This paper fills this research gap. Analysis was undertaken of Wave 8 of the Understanding Society Household Panel Survey, including variables such as internet use and volunteering. Differences were found between those who live alone and cohabit. Volunteering was a predictor of better health outcomes for those who lived alone but not for those who cohabit, despite similar rates of volunteering. Internet use predicted some better health outcome for those who cohabit but poorer for those who live alone. This suggests lifestyle factors vary in how they affect the health and wellbeing of older women, depending on cohabitation status.

英国独居老年妇女:她们的健康和福祉是否与同居者不同?
随着晚年独居人口的增加,了解英国独居老年妇女的健康和福祉成为一个重要的研究领域。人们对这一人群的健康和福祉以及他们与同居者是否存在差异知之甚少。本文填补了这一研究空白。本文对第 8 波 "了解社会家庭小组调查"(Understanding Society Household Panel Survey)进行了分析,其中包括互联网使用和志愿服务等变量。结果发现,独居者和同居者之间存在差异。对独居者来说,尽管志愿服务的比例相似,但对同居者来说,志愿服务却不能预测更好的健康结果。使用互联网可预测同居者更好的健康状况,但独居者的健康状况较差。这表明,生活方式因素对老年妇女健康和福祉的影响因同居状况而异。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Population Ageing examines the broad questions arising from global population ageing. It provides a forum for international cross-disciplinary debate on population ageing, focusing on theoretical and empirical research and methodological innovation and development. This interdisciplinary journal publishes editorials, original peer reviewed articles, and subject and literature reviews. It offers high quality research of interest to those working in the fields of demography, bio-demography, development studies, area studies, sociology, geography, history, social gerontology, economics, and social and health policy.
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