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Living Alone among Older Persons in Uganda: Prevalence and Associated Factors.

Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Isaac Ddumba, Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Sunday A Adedini, Clifford Odimegwu

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Stephen Ojiambo WanderaDepartment of Population Studies, School of Statistics and Planning, College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Isaac DdumbaDepartment of Health, Mukono District Local Government, Mukono, Uganda.
Joshua Odunayo AkinyemiDemography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Social Sciences and Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sunday A AdediniDemography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Social Sciences and Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Clifford OdimegwuDemography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Social Sciences and Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the prevalence and factors associated with living alone among older persons in Uganda. A secondary analysis of the 2010 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) data was conducted. A complementary log-log regression model was used to estimate the association between living alone and demographic, socio-economic and health factors. Nearly one out of ten (9%) older persons lived alone in Uganda. Living alone was associated with being divorced / separated (OR 18.5, 95% CI: 10.3-33.3), being widowed (OR 8.8, 95% CI: 5.1-15.2), advanced age (OR 2.1, 95% CI: 1.4-3.2), residence in western region (OR 0.6, 95% CI: 0.3-0.93), poor wealth status (OR 0.3, 95% CI: 0.2-06), receiving remittances (OR 1.6, 95% CI: 1.1-2.3) and being disabled (OR 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2-2.1). Living alone among older persons did not vary by gender.

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ElderlyLiving arrangementsSub-Saharan AfricaUganda

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PMID29213158
PMCPMC5702368

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