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SUBMITTER: Reher D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587460 | biostudies-other | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Reher David D Requena Miguel M
European journal of ageing 20170217 3
Our goal in this paper is to analyse the extent to which completed fertility, and in particular childlessness, is a valid predictor of living alone at advanced ages, an increasingly important residential option in advanced societies with crucial implications for social policy design and the organization of welfare services. Based on micro-data from the 2011 Spanish population census, logistic regression techniques are used to assess the impact of fertility on living alone among elderly women net ...[more]