The Gerontologist, Vol 31, Issue 1 116-119, Copyright © 1991 by The Gerontological Society of America

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The utilization of home help in Sweden: a multivariate analysis

M Thorslund, T Norstrom and K Wernberg
Swedish Institute for Social Research, University of Stockholm, Sweden.

We estimated the effect of a variety of factors on the utilization of home help among the elderly in Sweden using a sample (N = 421) of people 75 years and older. A regression analysis singled out two factors as the most important: physical functioning (instrumental activities of daily living) and living alone. Calculations of attributable fractions substantiated this result. Implications for planning and allocating home help are discussed.

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