THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF ACTIVITY PATTERN AMONG OLDER ADULTS: A LATENT PROFILE ANALYSIS ON TIME USE DATA. (11th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, W
• Is Part Of: Innovation in aging. Volume 2(2018)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 269
• Page End: 269
• Publication Date: 2018-11-11
• Subjects: Aging -- Periodicals; Gerontology -- Periodicals; 612.67
• DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.996
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-5300

Abstract

Abstract: It has been acknowledged that older adults benefit from active engagement in social and physical activities. However, few studies have documented the activity patterns at population level. Daily time use data provides comprehensive measures for this task. By using data from 2016 American Time Use Survey (ATUS, N=10, 493), this study examines a subsample of older adults aged from 65 to 85 (n=2, 487) to identify the patterns of their active level beyond basic living (e.g., personal care). By conducting latent profile analysis on three such activities (e.g., socializing, relaxing and leisure, religious-spiritual, and sport-recreation) measured by the amount of time spent (in minute), this study identifies three latent groups: (1) high-leisure (n=533, spending an average of 657 minutes on social-leisure activities), (2) moderate-active (n=1, 849), and (3) religious (n=105). The majority of the respondents (74.35%) fall into the moderate active group, with a mean of spending 341 minutes on social -leisure activities. Religious group differs from moderate-active group mainly by spending an average of 244 minutes on religious-spiritual activities. None of the groups shows active engagement in recreational activities. A multinominal logistic regression is employed to analyze the indicators of the group memberships. The gender leisure inequality is evidenced in the results and labor force participation suppresses the time spent on social-leisure activities. The respondents who are partnered are more likely to have membership in high-leisure group. Racial difference is observed as blacks have higher likelihood of being distributed in the religious group.