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Using logit techniques and data from surveys of the elderly conducted in 1984 under the auspices of the World Health Organization, this article investigates socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic determinants of living arrangements of the elderly. Having a spouse or children with whom to live has important effects on living arrangements. The results provide only weak support, however, for hypotheses based on modernization theory and point to the need for detailed data on transitions in living arrangements and for information about the younger generation as well as the older generation, both of which are involved in deciding who lives with whom.
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Martin, L.G. Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Fiji, Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Demography 26, 627–643 (1989). https://doi.org/10.2307/2061262
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