scholarly journals Social and Psychological Factors Supporting Elderly Men Aged 75 Years or Older Living Alone in an Officially Designated Depopulated Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-353
Author(s):  
Kimie FUJIKAWA ◽  
Maki HAYASHI ◽  
Akihito UEZATO
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Elderly Men

Factors Influencing Malnutrition in Elderly Men Living Alone

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1159-1172
Author(s):  
Hye-Young Jang ◽  
Ji-Hye Kim
Keyword(s):  
Living Alone ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Factors Influencing

Remarriage after Divorce

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul C. Glick ◽  
Sung-Ling Lin
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Women ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
General Decline ◽  
Graduate School Training ◽  
Remarriage Rate ◽  
School Training

Among adults who had ended their first marriage in divorce, about three-fourths of the elderly men and two-thirds of the elderly women in both 1970 and 1980 were found to be remarried. However, the general decline in remarriage at the younger ages during the 1970s was accentuated among those under 35 years old. Although the proportion remarried among women with graduate school training was the smallest, that proportion declined less during the 1970s than for women in any other educational level. In both 1970 and 1980, the proportion remarried was positively correlated with personal income for men but negatively for women. An estimated two-thirds of those who end their first marriage in divorce will eventually remarry while they have young children living with them. During the lifetime of women in their second marriage after their first marriage ended in divorce, only one-third of their children are born after remarriage, whereas two-thirds are born before their second marriages. During the 1970s, the proportion of currently divorced adults living alone or sharing the homes of relatives diminished, while the proportion living as cohabitants outside marriage rose substantially. It appears as if both the divorce rate and the remarriage rate are approaching a period of relative stability.

scholarly journals Descriptors of living alone for elders: based on Turkey national data

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filiz Adana ◽  
Seyfi Durmaz ◽  
Safiye Özvurmaz ◽  
Ceren Varer Akpınar ◽  
Duygu Yeşilfidan
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Demographic And Health Survey ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
National Data ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background The objective of this study is to analyze the data of the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey and determine personal and demographic factors associated with elderly who are 60 and older and living alone. Methods This cross-sectional study is the secondary analysis of the national data obtained with the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate differences in living alone based on gender, age, welfare status, region of residence, urban/rural residence, whether the person is working in a paid job and home ownership. Independent effect of every variable is observed in the first stage and then checked for all variables in the equation. Results There is a total of 37,897 participants’ data in the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Database. In the study, there are 6244 (16.5%) older adults in 11,056 households and 9.79% of the elderly population is alone. The percentage of elderly women living alone is 13.62% while this percentage is 5.48% for elderly men (p < 0.001). The risk of living alone for elderly women is 2.74 times more than elderly men (95% Cl 2.28–3.31). Being poor increases the risk of living alone for elderly people 2.84 fold compared to being rich (95% Cl 2.17–3.71). Those who have high school and higher education level have 2.38 (95% Cl 1.73–3.29) fold higher risk of living alone than people with lower education. Older adults living in the Western region of the country have 3.18 (95% Cl 2.20–4.59) times higher risk of living alone than older adults living in the Eastern region of the country. The risk of living alone for older adults increases 1.90 fold (95% Cl 1.55–2.32) if the house they live in do not belong to a household member. Conclusion Based on these findings, needs of older adults under risk should be met to allow them to be healthy and live their lives in better social, economic and cultural conditions.

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