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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 57:S209-S220 (2002)
© 2002 The Gerontological Society of America

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Transitions in Living Arrangements Among Elders in Japan

Does Health Make a Difference?

Joseph Winchester Browna, Jersey Lianga,b, Neal Krausea,b, Hiroko Akiyamac, Hidehiro Sugisawad and Taro Fukayad

a School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
b Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
c Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

Joseph Winchester Brown, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029 E-mail: winbrown{at}umich.edu.

Decision Editor: Fredric D. Wolinsky, PhD

Objective. This research evaluates the hypothesis that poor health triggers a change in living arrangements among elderly adults in Japan.

Methods. Data came from a national probability sample of 2,200 Japanese people aged 60 or older. Four surveys of this sample were conducted over a period of 9 years, from 1987 to 1996. Multinomial logit regression analyses were used to analyze the effects of demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and health on changes in living arrangements.

Results. Living arrangements among the Japanese elderly people remained quite stable over the 9-year period. Physical and mental health conditions were found to exert both direct and indirect effects on transitions in living arrangements.

Discussion. Poor health does trigger changes in living arrangement. Both physical (i.e., chronic conditions and functional status) and mental (i.e., depressed affect) health conditions play a role in such transitions. Because health conditions are correlated with competing risks of mortality, attrition, and proxy interview, health effects on changes in living arrangement are likely underestimated.




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