20-Year trends in the social participation of the oldest old.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate 20-year trends in social participation among the oldest old (77+ years) in Sweden and assess the extent to which changes in educational attainment and functional abilities explain these trends.

Methods

Seven waves of the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD) spanning 2002-2021 were used with a repeated cross-sectional design. To analyse the association between time and social participation we employed the Karlson-Holm-Breen method of decomposition. The study focused on informal social participation (contact with friends and family), leisure participation (public or semi-public gatherings), and formal participation (organisational engagement and study circle attendance).

Results

Both leisure and informal participation p

SUBMITTER: Augustsson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12598059 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature