Dimensions of Housing Deprivation for Older People in Ireland |
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Authors: | Brian Nolan Nessa Winston |
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Institution: | (1) School of Applied Social Science, University College Dublin, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland |
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Abstract: | Housing is an important aspect of living standards and quality of life for older persons, but the housing-related problems
they may face encompass rather different circumstances, relating to the condition of the dwelling, how well equipped it is,
whether housing costs represent a serious burden, and whether the neighbourhood environment is problematic. This paper brings
out the importance of distinguishing these different dimensions of housing problems for older people, illustrated empirically
using data for Ireland from an important new European dataset. Controlling for other factors, being older is associated with
more housing quality problems but fewer housing cost and neighbourhood problems than for those of working age. The variables
predicting deprivation among older people differ across the dimensions and the correlations between the dimensions are low.
Over half the older people in the sample experience some form of housing-related deprivation, but a majority of these are
reporting only one. Scores on a summary index for older persons are much less strongly associated with factors such as household
income and poverty, marital status, and location and type of dwelling than for all households, bringing out the importance
of distinguishing and studying the different dimensions and framing appropriate policy responses to each. |
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