Laboratory

Population Health

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

The Spatial Dynamics of Parental Health and Intergenerational Ties in Later Life (Dissertation)

Sanny Boy Domingo Afable, Megan Evans, Mikko Myrskylä, Yana Catherine Vierboom, Julia Mikolai (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom), Hill Kulu (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)

This thesis investigates the bidirectional link between older parents’ health and their geographic proximity to their adult children, drawing on longitudinal survey and administrative data from Europe, and from Finland in particular, to shed light on the role of intergenerational ties in the aging process.  Detailed Description

Publications

Afable, S. B. D.; Evans, M.; Korhonen, K.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:

Are aging parents and adult children living farther apart? Decomposing trends in intergenerational proximity and coresidence among Finnish parents aged 60–69 (2003–2023)

Social Forces, 1–26. (2026)    

Afable, S. B. D.; Mikolai, J.; Evans, M.; Korhonen, K.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Martikainen, P.; Kulu, H.; Myrskylä, M.:

Nearby children, longer lives? Evidence from the Finnish population register

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2026-013. (2026)    

Afable, S. B. D.; Evans, M.; Korhonen, K.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:

Are ageing parents and adult children living farther apart? Decomposing trends in intergenerational distance and co-residence in Finland (2003-2017)

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-011. (2025)    

Afable, S. B. D.; Evans, M.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Korhonen, K.; Martikainen, P.; Mikolai, J.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:

Who moves where? A family ties perspective on later-life health decline and residential mobility in Finland

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-037. (2025)    

Afable, S. B. D.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Evans, M.; Mikolai, J.; Kulu, H.; Myrskylä, M.:

Health decline and residential transitions among older adults in Europe

Population, Space and Place 31:7, e70116–e70116. (2025)    

Afable, S. B. D.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Evans, M.; Mikolai, J.; Kulu, H.; Myrskylä, M.:

Health decline and residential transitions among older adults in Europe

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-018. (2024)