Who is living alone in mid-life and why does it matter?

CPC researcher, Dr Dieter Demey, has contributed a blog post to Understanding Society, examining the implications for people living alone in mid-life who may need family and financial support for their care in later life.

The post, entitled 'Who is living alone in mid-life and why does it matter?', summarises research which uses data from Understanding Society.

It has found that it is not only important to contemplate the increase of people living alone in middle-age, but also the reasons why people are living alone in middle-age. The lifestyle choices of British men and women who are currently in mid-life, some of whom were born during the baby-booms of the late 1940s and early 1960s, now have wider implications for their future living arrangements and care in older age.

The work was published in full in the journal Advances in Life Course Research in September 2013.

Find out more about the project on the CPC project page 'Living arrangements in mid-life' and by reading the CPC Briefing Paper 'How has mid-life changed in Britain since the 1980s?.

Posted 09/12/2013 15:28