{"title":"Cognitive Aging in the Context of the Housing Crisis: Trends and Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.","authors":"Douglas William Hanes, Sean A P Clouston","doi":"10.1007/s42650-026-00108-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42650-026-00108-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 21st Century has witnessed a global housing crisis, which is also occurring in the context of population aging. We hypothesized that housing instability may expose older adults to greater risk factors for onset of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a population-based study of older US adults, we analyzed whether changes to older adults' housing patterns were associated with earlier onset of accelerated cognitive decline consistent with ADRD. We first replicated results showing that renting is becoming more common over time in older adults, while homeownership is becoming less common both in subsequent years and among later-born cohorts. Next, using non-linear multivariate analyses we found, in separate analyses, that renting, moving more frequently, living with non-partner others, and greater housing stress were all associated with earlier onset of accelerated cognitive decline indicative of ADRD. Given the growing population of older adults, this study suggests that the housing crisis may also cause worsened cognitive health in old age. More research is warranted to determine whether other markers of housing affordability or quality might be associated with accelerated cognitive decline in older adults.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42650-026-00108-z.</p>","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"53 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13018068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147575798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity in Paths to Midlife Well-being, Work, and Civic Engagement Across Three Decades","authors":"N. Galambos, Matthew D. Johnson, H. Krahn","doi":"10.1007/s42650-023-00079-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-023-00079-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"8 4","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139439097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"India’s Demographic Aspects from the Perspective of Dynamic Net Reproduction Rate","authors":"Rajan Sarma, Nazmina Hussain, Labananda Choudhury","doi":"10.1007/s42650-023-00077-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-023-00077-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136077958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theorizing in the Cohort Mode: On Ryder’s Processual Account of Social Change","authors":"Ethan Fosse","doi":"10.1007/s42650-023-00075-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-023-00075-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135255330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cohabitation, Marriage, and Self-Perceived Health in Canada","authors":"Adam Vanzella-Yang","doi":"10.1007/s42650-023-00074-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-023-00074-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52736244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is Economic Growth Good for Population Health? A Critical Review.","authors":"Andrew C Patterson","doi":"10.1007/s42650-023-00072-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-023-00072-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A large multidisciplinary literature discusses the relationship between economic growth and population health. The idea that economic growth is good for societies has inspired extensive academic debate, but conclusions have been mixed. To help shed light on the subject, this paper focuses on opportunities for consensus in this large literature. Much scholarship finds that the health-growth relationship varies according to (1) which aspect of \"health\" is under consideration, (2) shape (e.g., positive linear or logarithmic), (3) issues of timing (e.g., growth over the short or long term), (4) a focus on health inequalities as opposed to population averages, and (5) multivariable relationships with additional factors. After reflecting upon these findings, I propose that economic growth promotes health in some respects, for some countries, and in conjunction with other life-supporting priorities, but does not by itself improve population health generally speaking. I then argue there is already wide, interdisciplinary consensus to support this stance. Moreover, policies focusing exclusively on economic growth threaten harm to both population health and growth, which is to say that political dynamics are also implicated. Yet multivariable approaches can help clarify the bigger picture of how growth relates to health. For moving this literature forward, the best opportunities may involve the simultaneous analysis of multiple factors. The recognition of consensus around these issues would be welcome, and timely.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42650-023-00072-y.</p>","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"50 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009865/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9301894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tyler W Myroniuk, Michelle Teti, Enid Schatz, Ifeolu David
{"title":"Similarities in COVID-19 Mortality Between Canadian Provinces and American States Before Vaccines Were Available.","authors":"Tyler W Myroniuk, Michelle Teti, Enid Schatz, Ifeolu David","doi":"10.1007/s42650-023-00073-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42650-023-00073-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Canada and the USA are often compared for their markedly different approaches to health care despite cultural similarities and sharing the world's longest international boundary. The period between the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020 and the availability of a vaccine in December 2020 offers an ideal opportunity to compare subnational Canadian and American pandemic mortality. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 was through compliance with health orders and best practices; treatment was only available to those admitted to hospitals and whose lives were at risk. Using publicly available data from the Johns Hopkins University 2019 Novel Coronavirus Visual Dashboard, we seek to uncover if there were any similarities in Canadian provinces' and American states' monthly COVID-19 mortality per 100,000 people, building on a broader scientific push towards understanding the successes and failures of different health systems in the pandemic. The similar province and state cumulative COVID-19 mortality rate trajectories identified in our analyses do not amount to intuitive comparative jurisdictions which suggests the importance of identifying localized pandemic responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"50 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10034245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9363534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When Pay Equity Policy Is not Enough: Persistence of the Gender Wage Gap Among Health, Education, and STEM Professionals in Canada, 2006‒2016","authors":"N. Gupta, Paramdeep Singh, S. Balcom","doi":"10.1007/s42650-022-00069-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-022-00069-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"49 1","pages":"123 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41646919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatio-temporal Analysis of Human Mortality in Canada","authors":"Kyran Cupido, Olivia McClure","doi":"10.1007/s42650-022-00071-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-022-00071-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"49 1","pages":"183 - 198"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42509440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}