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The impacts of dwelling conditions on older persons’ psychological well-being in Hong Kong: the mediating role of residential satisfaction

Abstract

About 11% of Hong Kong's population of 7 million people are aged 65 and over and many of them live in old urban areas. Many of these areas have been subjected to urban redevelopment and some of the residents have been relocated to newer estates in peripheral new towns. Previous studies have focused on the challenges the urban environment has placed on older persons in terms of capability to cope with the demands that the environment places upon …

Authors

Phillips DR; Siu O-L; Yeh AGO; Cheng KHC

Journal

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 60, No. 12, pp. 2785–2797

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

6 2005

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.027

ISSN

0277-9536