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Åsa Hansson. Photo.

Åsa Hansson

Associate professor

Åsa Hansson. Photo.

Homeownership While Aging-How Health and Economic Factors Incentivize or Disincentivize Relocation : Protocol for a Mixed Methods Project

Author

  • Steven M Schmidt
  • Susanne Iwarsson
  • Åsa Hansson
  • David Dahlgren
  • Maya Kylén

Summary, in English

BACKGROUND: Many factors influence housing choices among older adults, but far from all have been identified. There is little systematic analysis that has included economic factors and virtually no knowledge about the interplay among perceived costs of moving, health status, and the mobility rate of older homeowners. It is currently unclear whether economic factors influence older adults' willingness to move, and the effects of economic policies on their actual behavior in the housing market are largely unknown.

OBJECTIVE: The overarching objective of the AGE-HERE project is to develop knowledge of the relationship between health and economic factors that incentivize or disincentivize relocation during the process of aging.

METHODS: This project uses a mixed methods convergent design across 4 studies. The initial quantitative register study and subsequent qualitative focus group study will nurture the evidence base and the development of a national survey. The final study will synthesize and integrate the results of the entire project.

RESULTS: Ethical approval for the register study (DNR 2022-04626-01) and focus group study (DNR 2023-01887-01) has been obtained. As of July 2023, data analyses (register study) and data collection (focus group study) are currently being conducted. The first paper based on the register data is expected to be submitted after the summer of 2023. Three meetings have been held with the nonacademic reference group. The qualitative data will be analyzed in the autumn. Based on the results of these studies, a survey questionnaire will be developed and distributed nationally during the spring of 2024, followed by data analyses in the autumn. Finally, the results from all studies will be synthesized in 2025.

CONCLUSIONS: Results from AGE-HERE will add to the knowledge base for research on aging, health, and housing and can play a critical role in guiding future policy decisions aiming to balance the housing market. Such developments may lower related social costs and support older adults to maintain active, independent, and healthy lives.

INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/47568.

Department/s

  • Applied Gerontology
  • LU Profile Area: Proactive Ageing
  • MultiPark: Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease
  • Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
  • Integration and Law
  • Centre for Economic Demography
  • Real Estate Science
  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2023-07-10

Language

English

Publication/Series

JMIR Research Protocols

Volume

12

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

JMIR Publications Inc.

Topic

  • Other Health Sciences

Status

Published

Project

  • Bostadsägande bland äldre - Hur uppmuntrar eller hämmar hälsa och ekonomiska aspekter flyttbenägenhet?

Research group

  • Applied Gerontology
  • Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
  • Integration and Law

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1929-0748