'On the street where you live': Neighbourhood deprivation and quality of life among community-dwelling older people in Edinburgh, Scotland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1368-1374

  Mõttus, René ^a,b   Gale, Catharine R ^a,c   Starr, John M ^a,d   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Neighbourhood deprivation; Quality of life; Scotland; UK; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EDINBURGH [EDINBURGH (ADS)]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859429075     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.050     Document Type: Article

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