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KMID : 0613620180380040196
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 4 p.196 ~ p.226
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Identifying the Effect of Living Alone on Life in Later Adulthood: Comparison between Living Alone and Those Living with Others with a Propensity Score Matching Analysis
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Kang Eun-Na
Lee Min-Hong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to address whether the effect of living alone influences overall life among older adults living alone. The comparison of health status, health enhancement behaviors, social network, and quality of life by living arrangements were examined with the propensity score matching analysis method. The data obtained from the National Survey of Living Conditions and Welfare Needs in 2017 which were based on face-to-face interviews with people aged 65 and over (living alone group=2,362, non-living alone group=7,324). The results revealed that the older adults living alone in community, comparing with non-living alone groups of similar SES levels, were more likely to have poor mental health, high nutritional risk and smoking rate, and high exercise participation. The social network and quality of life in the living alone group were poorer than those of the older adults who live with spouses or their children, and the older adults living alone were more likely to think about suicide. Unexpectedly, the effects of living alone were not associated with physical or cognitive disability and network reduction in the sample. Based on the findings of this research, policy and practice strategies. are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Older Adult, Effect of Living Alone, Health Conditions, Social Relationship, Quality of Life, Propensity Score Matching Analysis
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