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Suggesting Indicators of Age-Friendly City: Social Participation and Happiness, an Ecological Study from the JAGES

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  • Kazushige Ide

    (Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
    Department of Community General Support, Hasegawa Hospital, Yachimata 289-1113, Chiba, Japan)

  • Seungwon Jeong

    (Department of Community Welfare, Faculty of Health Sciences, Niimi University, Nishigata, Niimi 718-8585, Okayama, Japan
    Center for Gerontology and Social Science, Research Institute, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu 474-8511, Aichi, Japan)

  • Taishi Tsuji

    (Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
    Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 3-29-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo 112-0012, Tokyo, Japan)

  • Ryota Watanabe

    (Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
    Center for Gerontology and Social Science, Research Institute, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu 474-8511, Aichi, Japan)

  • Yasuhiro Miyaguni

    (Center for Gerontology and Social Science, Research Institute, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu 474-8511, Aichi, Japan
    Faculty of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University, 35-6 Okudaegemae, Mihama-cho, Chita-gun 470-3295, Aichi, Japan)

  • Hirotaka Nakamura

    (Department of Nursing, Asahi University, 1851 Hozumi, Mizuho 501-0296, Gifu, Japan)

  • Miyako Kimura

    (Department of Preventive Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae, Kawasaki 216-8511, Kanagawa, Japan)

  • Katsunori Kondo

    (Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
    Center for Gerontology and Social Science, Research Institute, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu 474-8511, Aichi, Japan)

Abstract

Ascertaining progress in building age-friendly cities (AFCs) requires community diagnostic indicators. This study examines the relationship between social participation and happiness at the municipal level. The data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) from 2013, 2016, and 2019, comprising 442,079 older people from 289 municipalities, are used. We also employ linear mixed-effects models to evaluate the association between social participation and happiness. In these models, we adjust for seven variables as potential confounders. This study reveals that the higher the social participation, except for neighborhood association, the higher the state of happiness ( B = 0.14–0.30). Our study suggests that social participation is useful, as a community diagnostic indicator, for monitoring the progress of building AFCs, developing strategies, and creating evidence.

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  • Kazushige Ide & Seungwon Jeong & Taishi Tsuji & Ryota Watanabe & Yasuhiro Miyaguni & Hirotaka Nakamura & Miyako Kimura & Katsunori Kondo, 2022. "Suggesting Indicators of Age-Friendly City: Social Participation and Happiness, an Ecological Study from the JAGES," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:9:p:5096-:d:799496
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