TY - JOUR
T1 - Elderly persons living alone
T2 - The effect of community context on living arrangements
AU - Krivo, L. J.
AU - Mutchler, J. E.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Current explanations of elderly household composition focus largely upon individual demographic, economic, and health characteristics and frequently ignore the effects of the community context within which elderly persons live. In this study, we incorporate the community context into an aggregate explanation of intermetropolitan variation in rates of living alone among elderly persons. We contend that three crucial community resources influence the rate of living alone: demographic and normative environment, economic affordability, and community social services. Data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States in 1980 provide initial support for this community-level explanation of elderly household composition.
AB - Current explanations of elderly household composition focus largely upon individual demographic, economic, and health characteristics and frequently ignore the effects of the community context within which elderly persons live. In this study, we incorporate the community context into an aggregate explanation of intermetropolitan variation in rates of living alone among elderly persons. We contend that three crucial community resources influence the rate of living alone: demographic and normative environment, economic affordability, and community social services. Data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States in 1980 provide initial support for this community-level explanation of elderly household composition.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronj/44.2.s54
DO - 10.1093/geronj/44.2.s54
M3 - Article
C2 - 2921479
AN - SCOPUS:0024533550
SN - 0022-1422
VL - 44
SP - S54-62
JO - Journals of Gerontology
JF - Journals of Gerontology
IS - 2
ER -