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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Yu-Tzu WuORCiD, Professor Matthew Prina, Professor Fiona MatthewsORCiD, Professor Carol Brayne
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© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health.Background Community environment might play an important role in supporting ageing in place. This paper aims to explore relocation at older age and its associations with individual and community level factors. Methods The postcodes of the 2424 people in the year-10 interview of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (CFAS) in England were mapped onto Enumeration Districts and linked to their corresponding Townsend deprivation score and the 2011 rural/urban categories. Multilevel logistic regression was conducted to examine the influence of the baseline individual (age, gender, education and social class) and community (rural/urban categories and area deprivation) level factors on relocation over 10 years. Results One-third of people moved residence after the age of 65 years and over. Older age, low education, low social class and living in rural areas at baseline were associated with higher probability of moving later in life. The likelihood of relocation in later life increased from least to most deprived areas (odds ratio: 2.0, 95% confidence interval: 1.4, 2.8). Conclusions Urban/rural contexts and area deprivation are associated with relocation at older age and indicate that community environment may be relevant to ageing in place.
Author(s): Wu Y-T, Prina AM, Barnes LE, Matthews FE, Brayne C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Public Health
Year: 2015
Volume: 37
Issue: 3
Pages: 480-487
Print publication date: 01/09/2015
Online publication date: 28/04/2015
Acceptance date: 01/01/1900
Date deposited: 27/05/2020
ISSN (print): 1741-3842
ISSN (electronic): 1741-3850
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdv050
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv050
PubMed id: 25922369
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