期刊名称：International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
印刷版ISSN：1652-8670
出版年度：2013
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：9-31
出版社：Linkoping University Electronic Press
摘要：Social cohesion in neighbourhoods is critical to supporting the risingnumber of community-dwelling older people. Our aim was thus to identifyindividual and neighbourhood characteristics influencing social cohesionamong older people. We employed a cross-sectional study of 945 (66%response rate) community-dwelling older residents (70) in Rotterdam.To account for the hierarchical structure of the study design, we fitteda hierarchical random-effects model comprising 804 older people (level 1)nested in 72 neighbourhoods (level 2). Multilevel analyses showed thatboth individual (age, ethnic background, years of residence, income andself-rated health) and neighbourhood characteristics (neighbourhoodsecurity) affect social cohesion among community-dwelling older people.Results suggest that policy makers should consider such factors inpromoting social cohesion among community-dwelling older people.Policies aimed at improving neighbourhood security may lead to higherlevels of social cohesion.
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