Living in single person households and the risk of isolation in later life [PDF]
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2009 Data from the International Social Survey Programme (2001) was used to analyse the social networks of older people and whether living in single person households increased the risk of isolation. When comparing respondents with one or more adult children,
Michael Hill, Laura Banks, Philip Haynes
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Multidimensional deprivation and depressive symptom trajectories among single-person households in South Korea: an age-stratified longitudinal study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground The rapid growth of single-person households represents a major demographic shift with significant implications for public mental health.
Taeyeon Kwon
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Osteoporosis Prevalence: Different Results in the Overall Korean Adult Population and Single-person Households [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2015 Objectives: The present study was conducted in order to examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and osteoporosis prevalence in Korea and to assess whether different associations are found in single-person households.
Jungmee Kim +3 more
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Relationships of Dietary Factors with Obesity, Hypertension, and Diabetes by Regional Type among Single-Person Households in Korea. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 This study aims to investigate whether dietary factors are differentially associated with metabolic abnormalities by regional type among single-person households in Korea.
Lee KW, Shin D.
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Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 2023 This study examined the subcomponents of the local environment that have an important influence on the life satisfaction of people living in single-person households and analyzed how the causal relationship between these variables differs between ...
Kyung Young Lee, Dong-jun Shin
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Cell Reports SustainabilitySummary: With heatwaves becoming more severe under climate change, elderly adults face rising mortality risks, but it remains unclear whether residence in a single-person household marks an additional vulnerability.
Yuxuan Tan +6 more
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Neighbourhood environments for a healthy lifestyle among young single-person households experiencing housing poverty in Seoul, South Korea: a spatiotemporal qualitative study protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction The number of single-person households is increasing globally—including in South Korea, where they account for over 30% of all households. Young single-person households in South Korea face health problems and housing challenges.
Jihyun Lee, Dong Ha Kim, Seunghyun Yoo
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Transformation of the Housing Market in Tokyo since the Late 1990s: Housing Purchases by Single-person Households [PDF]
Asian Studies, 2011 This study aims to clarify the correlation between the transformation of the Japanese housing market and the increasing number of single-person households in Japan, with a special focus on the supply of compact condominiums.
Tomoko Kubo, Yoshimichi Yui
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The emerging market for single-person households: An introductory study on the variables explaining this global phenomenon [PDF]
Social Sciences and Humanities OpenThis study investigates the socioeconomic and demographic factors that best explain the global rise of single-person households. Using secondary data from the United Nations and the World Bank for 123 countries, the study applies stepwise linear ...
Pedro Paulo Santos Cavalcante +2 more
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Is the Behavioural Gender Gap Decreasing? Evidence from Food Consumption in Swiss Single-Person Households [PDF]
FoodsWhile Switzerland has made some progress over the past few decades in treating men and women more equally, this study intends to find out whether Swiss men and women’s food consumption patterns also converged between 1990 and 2017.
Daria Loginova, Stefan Mann
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