Research project

Understanding resilience in later life in a low resource setting

Research groups:

Lead researcher:

Professor Maria Evandrou

Other researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

Research funder:

ESRC

Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Maria Evandrou FAcSS

Head of Department

Research interests

Inequalities in later life, particularly inequalities in the incomes of older people, equity in health and social care, and inequalities amongst ethnic elders in the UK
Informal carers, paid employment and resources

Connect with Maria

Email: maria.evandrou@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Connect with Jane

Email: j.c.falkingham@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

The Centre for Research on Ageing is an international and multi-disciplinary research centre examining key issues in ageing and the lifecourse, informing policy and debate at the national and local level.

Research outputs

Gender differentials and old age survival in the Nairobi slums, Kenya

Rachel Bennett,

Gloria Chepngeno-Langat,

Maria Evandrou,

& Jane Falkingham

, 2016 , Social Science & Medicine , 163 , 107--116

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.002

Type: article