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Title: Measuring household and living arrangements of older persons around the world: The United Nations Database on the Households and Living Arrangements of Older Persons 2019
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Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: The household living arrangements of older persons – whether living alone, with a spouse or partner, with their children or in multi-generational households –are associated with the older persons’ economic well-being, physical and psychosocial health, life satisfaction and mortality. Understanding the patterns and trends in older persons’ living arrangements is particularly relevant to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development related to poverty eradication (SDG 1), the promotion of healthy lives and wellbeing at all ages (SDG 3), and the promotion of gender equality (SDG 5). The United Nations Database on the Households and Living Arrangements of Older Persons 2019 presents evidence drawn from 738 unique data sources including both tabulated data and household roster micro-data from censuses and surveys. The resulting database describes older persons’ households across 155 countries or areas, representing approximately 97 per cent of persons aged 65 or over globally.
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Authors: Hertog, Sara; Kamiya, Yumiko
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Data Collections: IPUMS International
Topics: Aging and Retirement
Countries: Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe