Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 1335
• Main Authors: Pasanen, Tytti P, Tamminen, Nina, Martelin, Tuija, Mankinen, Katariina, Solin, Pia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 07.07.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Age groups; Chi-square test; Demographic aspects; Demographics; Demography; Epidemiology; Gender; Geographical locations; Health aspects; Health status; Households; Latent class analysis; Living alone; Mental health; Occupancy; Population; Psychological well-being; Quality of life; Regression analysis; Regression models; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Sensitivity analysis; Single occupancy households; Social life; Statistical tests; Well being; Women; Finland

Background Living alone has increased globally and especially in Finland where 45% of all households are single occupancy. Epidemiological research has found that living alone a risk factor for a wide range of adversities related to quality of life but the rapidly-changing demographics of people liv...