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Patterns of Psycho-Social Distress Among Ageing Swedes
Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4749-8750
2015 (English)In: Journal of Population Ageing, ISSN 1874-7884, E-ISSN 1874-7876, Vol. 8, no 4, p. 261-278Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper examines psycho-social distress among middle-aged and elderly Swedes. We analysed data on 3221 individuals who were 55 to 99 years old. Based on a latent class analysis, we identified four latent classes. Two classes were associated with higher levels of psycho-social problem accumulation. The class with the lowest level of problem accumulation contained the greatest number of individuals, whereas the classes with the highest level of psycho-social distress contained the least number of individuals. The analysis showed that being a man, being married, being a native Swede, or having several hobbies was associated with a low likelihood of belonging to a latent class that was characterised by psycho-social distress. Moreover, being a woman, being between 55 and 65 years of age, or being a widow was associated with a high likelihood of belonging to a latent class that was characterised by the highest levels of problem accumulation.

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Springer , 2015. Vol. 8, no 4, p. 261-278
Keywords [en]
Ageing, Latent class analysis, Multinomial logistic regression analysis, Psycho-social distress, Sweden
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Sociology Social Work Geriatrics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-69146DOI: 10.1007/s12062-015-9124-0ISI: 000442965800004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-69146DiVA, id: diva2:1252533
Available from: 2018-10-02 Created: 2018-10-02 Last updated: 2018-10-02Bibliographically approved

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