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Social Support, Household Composition, and Health Behaviors as Risk Factors for Four-Year Mortality in an Urban Elderly Cohort

Springfield College

Paula A. FitzGibbon

Case Western Reserve University

Marie M. Haug

Case Western Reserve University

Predictors of mortality were examined by secondary analysis of a prospective, community-based study. In 1984, there were 805 survivors, aged 74 and over, from an original 1975 sample. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 547 of these survivors, representing a response rate of 68%. In 1988, data were collected on deaths (N = 131) that occurred during a 4-yearfollow-up period, 1984 through December 31, 1988. The relationship between social support, household composition, health behaviors, and mortality among urban elderly was examined. A 95% confidence interval (CI) was established to provide a range that would contain (95 times in 100) the true population relative risk. Results revealed that men who reported no exercise were 3.1 times (95% CI = 1.2-7.9) more likely to die than men who reported exercise. Also, elderly women who reported living with children were 2.8 times (95% CI = 1.4-5.7) more likely to die than women who did not live with their adult children.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 15, No. 1, 73-86 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/073346489601500105


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