Factors Influencing Depression: Comparison between Elders Living Alone and Elders Not Living Alone

PS242. Comparison of depression between the elderly living alone and those living with a spouse

Living arrangements of minority elders.

We used 1990 census data to examine differences in the current living arrangements of minority elderly. We found that differences among the minority populations in age, sex, and marital status account for only a small part of the observed differences in living arrangements. However, while minority groups as a whole differ substantially from the White population, national ethnic patterns within ...

A First Look at Living Arrangements Among Hispanic Elders 1970-2000 with Special Emphasis on Living Alone Among Unmarried Women

Living Alone and Depression Among Older Chinese Immigrants

This study examined the profiles of 147 Chinese elderly immigrants by living arrangement and the role that stress and coping resources played in explaining depressive symptoms in the volunter sample group who were recruited at senior centers and meal sites. Elderly Chinese Americans who lived alone, had higher levels of education, reported poorer health, experienced more stressful life events, ...

Living alone: elderly Chinese Singaporeans.

Asian societies maintain the norm that older people should live with their children. Yet some older people live alone. This is the first study to explore social isolation, strategies of coping, and preferences about living arrangements among Chinese Singaporeans aged 65+ who live alone. Data from 19 semi-structured interviews were analyzed. The elderly people who live alone either have no other...