Associations Among Neighborhood Characteristics, Mobility Limitation, and Social Participation in Late Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although emerging research suggests neighborhood characteristics can support and restrict social participation in older adults, further research regarding a wider range of neighborhood characteristics and interactions between individual and neighborhood characteristics is needed. This study explored associations between neighborhood characteristics and frequency of participation in three social activities among older adults and interactions between neighborhood characteristics and mobility limitation as they relate to participation.

Method

Data from the 2008 wave of the Health and Retirement Study linked with American Community Survey data were used. Participants included community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older. Analysis involved multivariate logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Hand CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377035 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature