Impact of Improved Living Environment on Health and Life Expectancy
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 17 (3) , 242-249
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/17.3.242
Abstract
At the end of the first year of tenancy, new and assumedly better housing seemed beneficial to selfand interviewer-perceptions of health for movers compared to similar elderly persons. The question remained whether this was only a short-run benefit. In addition, the validity of the measures was questionable. Data collected after 8 years demonstrate the continuing health benefits of good housing, not only on “soft” indexes but also in terms of death rate.Keywords
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